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  • Clean Coal Might Really Be a Possibility!!! WOW!

    BySustainMe

    Energy | Homeland Security News Wire: Clean Coal Might Really Be a Possibility!!! WOW! It may take me years to take back all the trash talk I have had about Coal. Dirty, Dirtier, Dirtiest Coal… But no such think as Clean. Dr. Fan at Ohio State has pioneered the technology called Coal-Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL). This lab project has contained 99% of the carbon dioxide from coal.  Well maybe. This will bear some watching as it moves…

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    Killing Off Renewables’ Solar Tax Credit Makes No Sense: What’s at Stake for America?

    BySustainMe

    🏡️ What Is the “One Big Beautiful Bill”? On May 22, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, formally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While the name may sound grand, buried deep within this sweeping legislation is one of the most consequential reversals of energy policy in U.S. history: the complete elimination of all federal solar tax credits beginning in 2026. The bill has already cleared the House. Now, it’s up…

  • A Car Costs a Lot More Than You Think – WSJ.com

    BySustainMe

    Mercedes or Ford, a Car Costs a Lot More Than You Think – WSJ.com: Here’s the breakdown of a car expenses is about $9,000 per year: Pretty Car Chart illustration 39% is depreciation 35% is associated with the miles driven: fuel, oil, tires, etc. That’s 3/4 of the cost of a car, if you are only driving 15,000 per year. Insurance, finance charges and tag/taxes are about 10% each. Time is not included here, but…

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    Babcock Ranch aims to be first solar-powered town in US | USA News | Al Jazeera

    BySustainMe

    Babcock Ranch aims to be first solar-powered town in US | USA News | Al Jazeera: This is in partnership with FPL (Nextera) for the power. The powerplant is already up and running that will support an almost 200,000 home community.  FPL has extended the solar to include 10 megawatts of battery, thus allowing the solar power plant to offer more flexibility to the power grid and on-demand peaking power. The 440 acres for the…

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    Why Won't Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek

    ByBizMan

    Why Won’t Yahoo! Let Employees Work From Home? – Businessweek: Boy Mayer is gonna cause a lot of shake here with the everyone-has-to-travel-to-work policy. Apparently (Today Show) she now as a nursery set up next door to her office for her new convenience. That helps new parents, maybe, but not the ones with kids in school or those people who live a longer way from the office. But Mayer is shaking it up. There has…

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    WMO Warns Lima Delegates 2014 May Be Hottest Year | Climate Central

    BySustainMe

    WMO Warns Lima Delegates, 2014 … Hottest Year in History!:-( | Climate Central: Ouch, this is really really ugly, the data related to 2014 as the hottest year in modern history. Double to the angst is the melt-off of the Antarctic. Here’s a discussion about both. The period between April and September, according to NASA GISS was the hottest in 120 years. Most (?all?) of the months since April will set all time heat highs, as well….