US ethanol industry collapse, due to COVID, results in a lack of refrigerants for meat industry.

Yet another blow to our food supply delivery system. From Reuters: NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A slew of U.S. ethanol plants have shut down as fuel demand has collapsed during … Read More

The Arctic will not survive Russia's wave of industrialization; nuclear submarine in flames.

This is not the diary I wanted to write. Though it includes snippets of the research I wanted to share, it is not what I had been working on for … Read More

Today in EVs: Cobalt: What is it good for (absolutely nothing?). Plus: 250kW Superchargers go live

1) Cobalt In High-Nickel Batteries: Does It Do Anything Useful At All? Of all of the components of a lithium-ion battery, cobalt has historically been one of the more expensive … Read More

Tesla Short-Sellers Harass Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Into Deleting Twitter Account Due To Review

Dan Neil is no newbie to the world of cars. As Wikipedia describes him: Dan Neil is an automotive columnist for The Wall Street Journal[2] and a former staff writer at the Los Angeles … Read More

The era of electrified freight shipping has begun.

This article got me thinking.  It's about the launch of the world's first kilotonne-class electric freight ship (ironically, a collier): 70,5 meters long, 13,9 meters wide, dual 160kW motors, and 2,4 … Read More