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  • EV Drivers Are Happier With Their Cars Than Gas Car Owners: Study

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  • I've driven exclusively electric cars at home for the last three years. While they certainly make me happier on a day-to-day basis, longer trips are much more stressful.

    I look forward to the day of common 1000 volt architectures and megawatt charging.

  • Record June heatwave sees France record 'unprecedented' 5,764 excess deaths

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  • Unprecedented? It's going to be the lowest figure for the next 50 years unless France gets serious about air conditioning and climate change.

  • Trump Administration Eyes Massive Coal Reserves Under Federal Lands | The Western U.S. is sitting on billions of tons of unmined coal, a new report from the Department of the Interior finds.

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  • There is plenty of coal all over the the US. There isn't demand for it as its power is too expensive.

    Per the latest Lazard LCOE, solar + storage, wind (onshore) + storage, and gas combined cycle are all cheaper than coal.

  • Minnesota solar project set to replace retiring coal plant reaches 710 MW

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  • The exact figures:

    735.5 MW AC 2,942 MWh

    Verified from Minnesota PUC and EQB.

  • Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars.

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  • The highest solar irradiance per square meter is not Wndsor, but Lethbridge, and it won't work there either so I can indeed exclude the rest of the country.

    The Gosun is 10.9 sqm unfolded, portable so less efficient, will be subject to poor angles due to parking lot configurations and how it drapes across a car, driven some of the sunlight hours so only have 1.5 sqm on the roof, and needs to work in low irradiance winters when batteries will use more kwh/km. It will barely work year round in Las Vegas or Phoenix below average driving patterns.

    I drive an electric car and lease 11 KW of a solar farm. I am a former solar professional. I am trying my best to save someone money and their job. Unless you come from a more qualified position or can back up what you are writing with sources, please heed the wisdom of myself and others here. I have no incentive to lie.

  • Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars.

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  • As a born and raised Canadian who worked on solar + storage solutions under Ontario's IESO LT1, can you elaborate on what I don't know?

  • Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars.

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  • I would assume they have to go to work in winter as well.

  • Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars.

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  • You are correct. I relied on my professional credentials, back of the envelope math, and logic.

    Assuming you aren't shilling, one of these was true:

    1. This product can charge your car sufficiently for your commute in the depths of an overcast or snowy Canadian winter. This means your drive is quick and therefore an e-bike is a solution. You seem insulted by this possibility, but frankly it gave you the most credit.

    2. This product cannot and you instead relied on the claims of a video selling something. Since this response is still predicated on those apparent claims and a reading comprehension gap, I will wish you good luck with your decision.

  • Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars.

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  • This is not a viable solution for Canada. It can't provide enough power, is cost prohibitive, and prone to theft/vandalism

    If you live in a major Canadian city in an apartment not too far from work, follow the lead of Fantuan delivery drivers and consider an e-bike with those hand warmers things and proper head protection. You can charge it in your apartment and no insurance.

  • Alternative to Air-conditions?

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  • Almost all heat pumps also use fans. It's simply more efficient.

    The difference in your diagrams is not related to heat pump/AC, but forced air v. water.

  • Alternative to Air-conditions?

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  • I hesitate to contradict you but they really are. Many use more efficient parts, but the mechanism is the same.

  • Alternative to Air-conditions?

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  • There is no alternative in hot, humid regions (cryopaint is not proven). In dry ones swamp cooling and fans help.

    However, I'm not sure many people are saying air conditioning is a solution to climate change.

    Many are saying it's an adaptation necessary to survive in warming humid regions. The human body cannot thermoregulate in wet bulb temperatures above 35c. Fans don't help as the body cannot evaporate sweat into saturated air that is as warm or warmer. Air conditioning not only cools, but removes humidity.

    If you get a severe case of influenza, it comes with a fever. The fever is a symptom, not the underlying cause of the illness, but it can kill faster. As a result, you need to treat it as well as the flu, often with acetaminophen. Air conditioning does not treat the underlying cause, but it can mitigate the symptom that kills fastest.

  • Air quality across the Eastern US & Canada right now

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  • Sure it does. It can send help.

  • Air quality across the Eastern US & Canada right now

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  • I cannot stress enough that Canada is a sovereign country and not under the jurisdiction of the EPA.

  • Bill Frist Wants to Take Politics Out of Climate Change

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  • It's incredible Republicans seem to develop morals once they lose their primaries or are out of office.

  • Slate's $24,950 electric truck is on track for release this year — here's how it stacks up against the cheapest EVs I've tested

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  • Yes, but it's moot from a privacy standpoint for most if you bring your cell phone in the car.

  • Something kept poking my leg on my mid-morning flight to Nashville

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  • I think he might have been into tbat.

  • Something kept poking my leg on my mid-morning flight to Nashville

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  • We missed that opportunity. I will now go my life wondering what could have been if I left my wife and kids, and started anew with the foot freak in seat 23A.

  • Something kept poking my leg on my mid-morning flight to Nashville

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  • I legitimately think he would have liked that.

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    Something kept poking my leg on my mid-morning flight to Nashville

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    Urban trees aren’t just nice, scientists say — they’re mandatory

    grist.org /cities/urban-trees-arent-just-nice-scientists-say-theyre-mandatory/
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    To Decarbonize Quickly, Think Beyond Electrification

    jacobin.com /2026/06/climate-electrification-homes-cars-decarbonization-tech
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    Pakistan’s solar miracle – how the hell did they do it?

    www.thenewworld.co.uk /jan-rosenow-pakistans-solar-miracle-how-the-hell-did-they-do-it/
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    Many Australians can get three free hours of power from today.

    www.theguardian.com /environment/2026/jun/30/solar-sharer-offer-sso-three-free-hours-electricity-power-energy-australia
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    Extreme heatwaves: Indians struggle and suffer from water shortages

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    An Adobe (building material) Renaissance