[GWSG] Climate distress; grid transition; EV fees; EVs' home battery; EV pickups, SUVs; beyond the owned car; EV planes

[Tilley, Al]

1. Confronting the stream of horrors presented to us by our climate situation can lead us to avert our eyes. It can also lead us to resolve to decarbonize, to cease subsidizing and burning fossil fuels, as we plan for a better life on the other side of that transition. https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-other-kind-of-climate-denialism
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The Other Kind of Climate Denialism | The New Yorker<https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-other-kind-of-climate-denialism>
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John Fraser is a conservation psychologist who has studied burnout and trauma among people doing environmental work. “We have to move beyond terrorizing people with disaster stories,” he told me.



2. It is no surprise that the power grid will need some augmentation and management to handle an electrified transportation system, and we know pretty much what we shall have to do. Now that the transition is underway, though, we must begin to do it. https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/03/is-the-grid-ready-for-evs/
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Is the grid ready for EVs? » Yale Climate Connections<https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/03/is-the-grid-ready-for-evs/>
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As more people plug in, utilities don't want to be caught off guard by the changing power demands. Some Americans appear increasingly ready to give up their gas cars for electric vehicles. But are the country’s electric grids prepared for them? The question is a critical one in the quest to ...



3. Another implication of the transition to electric vehicles is that we shall need to replace the gas tax with some alternative way to pay for our transportation infrastructure. Unfortunately, the fossil fuel industry is using the issue to slip in excessive and unfairly applied taxes on electric vehicles in several states. https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2018/04/don-t-be-fooled-annual-fees-electric-vehicle-drivers-are-not-fair
Don’t Be Fooled: Annual Fees on Electric Vehicle Drivers Are Not “Fair” | Sierra Club<https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2018/04/don-t-be-fooled-annual-fees-electric-vehicle-drivers-are-not-fair>
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Mary Lunetta is the campaign representative for the Sierra Club's Electric Vehicles Initiative.



4. Mitsubishi is marketing a package deal of a solar system which powers your house and charges your car—with the car battery acting as a backup power supply for the house. If deployed at a sufficient scale, the system could be used to help balance the grid. https://www.fastcompany.com/90316119/this-suv-can-power-your-house-and-your-house-can-charge-its-battery?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20190308.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign
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Mitsubishi's new electric SUV can power your house<https://www.fastcompany.com/90316119/this-suv-can-power-your-house-and-your-house-can-charge-its-battery?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20190308.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign>
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Beginning this year in Japan and Europe, Mitsubishi is going to start selling what it calls the Dendo Drive House.It’s a solar platform, installed by professionals, that includes solar panels, a ...



5. Electric pickups and SUVs are coming. The Battery Police can even tell you how much power you will need. https://theconversation.com/mass-market-electric-pickup-trucks-and-suvs-are-on-the-way-107952?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20190308.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign
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Mass-market electric pickup trucks and SUVs are on the way<https://theconversation.com/mass-market-electric-pickup-trucks-and-suvs-are-on-the-way-107952?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20190308.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign>
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Venkat Viswanathan is a consultant for Pratt & Whitney. He is a technical consultant, owns stock options and a member of Advisory Board at Zunum Aero. He is a technical consultant for Quantumscape ...



6. George Monbiot urges a decline in our dependence on a privately-owned car. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out
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Cars are killing us. Within 10 years, we must phase them out | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/cars-killing-us-driving-environment-phase-out>
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7. If you would rather fly, most of the energy will be expended hoisting you to the flight’s altitude. Once there, even a little bit of extra power can extend your flight’s range impressively. Planes now in development can get you up. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/03/07/innovation-takes-to-the-skies-electric-planes-are-about-to-revolutionize-the-airline-industry/?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20190308.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign#50774b475651
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Innovation Takes To The Skies: Electric Planes Are About To Revolutionize The Airline Industry - forbes.com<https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/03/07/innovation-takes-to-the-skies-electric-planes-are-about-to-revolutionize-the-airline-industry/?utm_medium=40digest.7days3.20190308.carousel&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign#50774b475651>
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After Solar Impulse 2 completed the world’s first circumnavigation by a solar-powered aircraft in 2016, airlines and aircraft manufacturers looked to become the first to provide a commercial ...



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