“Why Businesses Are Building a Better Battery” By Jen Maffessanti, courtesy of the Foundation for Economic Education Batteries are everywhere: in our cars, cell phones, remote controls, laptops, flashlights, toys, tools, solar farms—the list is practically endless. Batteries are amazing, and humans have been using them for centuries. But they have their limitations […]
Tag: Electricity
Why are Canadian consumers subsidizing renewable energy for Americans?
“Sub-metering Hydro’s Excess Electricity” By Randy Boldt, courtesy of Frontier Center for Public Policy The world’s economy continues to grow every year by between 2 and 4%. From when civilization began, 5,000 years ago, the production of energy remains an important factor to continued growth. In these environmentally conscious times, efforts are […]
Renationalization would be a huge mistake (again)
“Renationalisation would ‘ignore the lessons of history’, finds new IEA report” Courtesy of the IEA Calls to bring key utilities back under state control “ignore important lessons” from the post-war period, argues a new report from the Institute of Economic Affairs published today. Renationalisation: Back to the Future, written by IEA […]
Offshore wind power could meet all global electricity demand
While it may not fulfill this role in the near term, a new report from the International Energy Agency suggests that offshore wind power — referring to wind turbines built in shallow areas of the ocean, relatively close to land — could one day supply all of the world’s electricity needs. Total wind […]
Tackle climate change with tax cuts for innovation (not new taxes on carbon)
As with so many other important and controversial subjects, the left has laid claim to climate change lock, stock and barrel, claiming that only massive government intervention in the form of new taxes, profligate spending and rampant regulation can address the underlying causes […]
A Test of Metal: Are We Ready for the “Electrification of Everything?”
By Anthony Huston, President & CEO, Graphite One For most people, you say graphite, and they think of No. 2 pencils. But the reality is, you say graphite to a materials scientist, and they think of laptops and LEDs, smartphone and solar cells, Electric Vehicle batteries, drones and satellites, energy storage devices […]