Physics and material sciences are awesome. I have no doubt that by the end of this century decade (if not sooner), we will develop technology to use light(er)weight, high-density batteries ...
Of all the ill-advised, misguided nonsense Congress peddles on a daily basis, I cannot identify any more foolish than their steadfast refusal to properly fund America’s infrastructure and...
Source: Bloomberg Green Thirty years ago, more than half of all power generation came from coal and natural gas. Thirty years from now, about the same proportion will come from the sun an...
https://ritholtz.com/2020/02/global-shift-from-fossil-fuels/
The share of energy from renewable sources in the US is around 10% Source: Torsten Sløk, Deutsche Bank Research The post US Renewable Energy Only 10% appeared first on The Big Picture .
Source: Bloomberg Capitalism is driving renewables over coal: “The market triumph of renewable energy marks the biggest victory yet in the fight against global warming. Solar and wind are...
https://ritholtz.com/2019/09/whats-behind-the-worlds-biggest-climate-victory-capitalism/
The transcript from this week’s MIB: Lord John Browne, CEO of BP, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including the podcast extras on Apple iTunes, Overcast, Spotif...
This week, we speak with Sir John Browne, executive chairman of L1 Energy and chairman of the supervisory board of Wintershall DEA. As group chief executive of BP from 1995 to 2007, he led the co...
French startup Glowee is rethinking lighting by harnessing ‘bioluminescence’ – light produced by living organisms, like jellyfish or fireflies. With lighting accounting for up to 30% of glo...
https://ritholtz.com/2019/07/using-energy-better-bioluminescence/
Failure to Increase the Gas Tax Signals American Decline The country’s roads and bridges are in dismal shape. Finding the money to fix them shouldn’t be this hard. Bloomberg, March 22, 2019 �...
https://ritholtz.com/2019/03/bbrg-failure-to-increase-the-gas-tax-signals-american-decline/
One of the biggest things preventing Elon Musk from releasing a mass market electric vehicle comes down to the vehicle’s blessing and curse: its lithium-ion battery. We break down the science a...