Positive Future #625 (Feature photo – The Camp Fire in California – NASA – public domain) News Network FireEngineering focuses on an AP story about the growing relationship between power lines and wildfires. California is estimated to have had more than 1,000 wildfires over the last decade from power lines. One must ask the questions…
Positive Future #624 (Feature photo – Hemp Seeds – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Austria, D-Kuru) The National Hemp Association journalist Avery Bullock explores the nutritional benefits of hemp seeds. Hemp seeds are complete proteins, have essential amino acids and contain health fats. You can read the full story here: https://nationalhempassociation.org/5-nutritional-applications-of-hemp/
Positive Future #623 (Feature photo – Tesla-Built Battery Storage Facility in Australia – photo courtesy of Tesla) The utility-mandated power shutoffs in California make it almost impossible to run a business this time of year. Down under in Australia, they are planning to increase a huge Tesla battery storage facility by 50 percent, a facility…
Positive Future #621 (Feature photo – European Investment Bank Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, Palauenc05) Energy Central brings us news of the European Investment Bank. It has pledged to end most or all of its financing of fossil-fuel energy projects. The bank also declared its intent to devote financing to clean energy and renewables…
Positive Future #620 (Feature photo – School Bus – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic, Bill McChesney) EnergyNews Network journalist Jonathan Mingle brings us an interesting story. The State of Vermont received $18.7 million from the diesel scandal litigation settlement with Volkswagen. They are thinking about using this money to launch electric school buses. The problem…
Positive Future #618 (Feature photo – Smart Forest City – courtesy of Stefano Boeri Architetti) Inhabitat journalist Lucy Wang brings us the story of how a food and energy self-sufficient city is being contemplated in Mexico. Money has been spent to create plans and engineering for the city to be built in Cancun. You can…
Positive Future #617 (Feature photo – Wildfire – Public Domain, USDA) The IEEE Spectrum brings news of an invention from Australia that can prevent wildfires from power lines. Seems there is an answer to the forced power-outages that millions of people experienced this year. You can read the full story here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/breaking-pges-cycle-of-blackouts-and-wildfires
Positive Future #616 (Feature photo Recycle Logo – Public Domain) BrightVibes brings us the story of the shopping mall in Sweden where everything sold is recycled. Goods enter the mall in a warehouse where products are sorted. The warehouse alone employs 14 people. Interestingly, the mall is owned by the municipality of Eskilstuna, a political…
Positive Future #615 (Feature photo – DPD EAV Electric Cargo Bike – Courtesy of https://www.eavcargo.com/) Most of us have not ever heard of DPD courier service. However, this company delivers over 5 million parcels a day and has over 40,000 employees. Now the company is testing electric cargo bikes for urban package delivery. InsideEVs journalist…
Positive Future #614 (Feature photo – Proterra Electric Bus – Public Domain) You may not know it, but Wichita, Kansas is also known as the “Air Capitol” of the world. Home to airplane manufacturers like Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft and Airbus, the city is at the center of American aviation. Now Wichita is making another leap…
