Now You Can Use Your Renewable Energy Credits to Buy Gasoline Gift Cards

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 4/1/2023 Gasoline and diesel retailer Finite Fuels, LTD has introduced a gasoline gift card that can be purchased with renewable energy credits. The card, which is available in $25 and $50 denominations, can be used at thousands of gasoline stations that sell Finite Fuels’ generic brand products. Francis Fable, the CEO … Read more

Scientist Proposes Repositioning Earth’s Orbit to Counteract Climate Change

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 4/1/2023 In what seems like science fiction, a noted astrophysicist has published a hypothesis that repositioning the Earth’s orbit may be the only remaining way to combat climate change. Dr. Giovanni Dubiosi, a prize-winning professor emeritus from Southern North Dakota University in announcing his findings, states, “We must face the reality … Read more

Rolls-Royce Obtains Funding to Develop Moon-Based Nuclear Reactor 

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 3/30/2023 Iconic British manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, plans to install a nuclear reactor on the moon. The firm has announced that they have secured £2.9m (approximately $3.5m U.S.) in funding for the project and intends to have the reactor operational by 2029.  In 2022, the U.S. announced similar efforts in supporting three firms, … Read more

Some Complain That iPhones Are Too Smart and Too Woke

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 3/27/2023 “Apple is forcing its ESG bull**** on its users. Don’t let them dictate how you use your $1000 phone,” tweets one angry consumer. Another tweets, “I only want to charge when coal and oil are being used to generate electricity.”  Those tweets are in reaction to the news that newer … Read more

“Manufacturing these new batteries in America will help us build more EVs faster and will ultimately make them more affordable for our customers.”

Bill Ford, Ford Chair, said during an event announcing the investment, “Manufacturing these new batteries in America will help us build more EVs faster and will ultimately make them more affordable for our customers.”  Read more here: Ford sets EV battery factory plan with China’s CATL (cnbc.com)

“The turbulence in the energy market does not dramatically alter the decarbonization pathway towards midcentury.”

Remi Eriksen, Group President and CEO of DNV said, “The turbulence in the energy market does not dramatically alter the decarbonization pathway towards midcentury. The strongest engine of the global energy transition is the rapidly reducing costs of solar and wind energy, which will outweigh the present short-term shocks to the energy system.”  Read more … Read more

CNBC Publishes Series on the Need for a National Macrogrid

Brian McCowan, Zondits staff, 3/9/2023 In a clear sign that power grid issues are becoming a concern to more than just “energy wonks,” CNBC, the widely read internet journal and broadcast network is publishing a multi-part series on problems associated with the grid and the nation’s climate change goals.  The series titled, Transmission Troubles, makes … Read more

“The solution is making the grid bigger than the weather.”

Michael Goggin, Vice President of Grid Strategies, said as part of the ACORE report, “the solution is making the grid bigger than the weather.” With severe weather events typically “relatively geographically constrained,” regions could help each other meet demand. Read more here: ‘Modest’ transmission buildout would have yielded millions in benefits in December storm: ACORE … Read more

Ask the Expert: Smart Panels

Mark D’Antonio, Zondits staff, 3/1/2023 Zondits spoke with Mark D’Antonio, an industry expert in clean technology approaches to decarbonizing the built environment. I’m in the process of designing a net zero home with solar, battery storage, electric appliances, and heat pumps for heating and hot water. I will also have an EV charger system. I … Read more