Sunday August 11, 2019 – CO2 Emissions from Jet Fuel - There has been much in the press recently about the Google Camp event held in Sicily at the end of July which, this year, was addressing Climate Change.  The big issue that was being banded about was that many of the politicians and celebrities attending the meeting flew there on private jets or arrived aboard luxury Yachts, and were chauffeured around town in Maserati SUVs making their carbon footprint huge...Continued

Sunday August 4, 2019 – Earth Overshoot Day – July 29 has been declared Earth Overshoot Day by the Global Footprint Network.  It represents the day when the people of Earth have consumed a year's worth of resources.  It is used to illustrate that the world is still burning resources faster than they can be renewed meaning that if we continue down this path we will eventually run out of natural resources...Continued

Sunday July 28, 2019 – 2019 Independence Day EV Count – This year for Independence day Plug-in America set a challenge to go out and do a count of Plug-in Vehicles around your neighborhood.  The results were submitted to the Plug-in America web site and then tallied to try and get an estimate of the percentage of vehicles that were plug-in by state...Continued

Sunday July 21, 2019 – Envision Solar Update – Back in 2015 I wrote about a San Diego company called Envision Solar that was making a stand alone solar powered EV charger that could be installed in minutes.  I am happy to report that the company is doing well and has been installing solar powered chargers across the nation...Continued

Sunday Jun 14, 2019– 2019 Q2 Sales Overview – The second quarter of 2019 showed a marked increase in plug-in car sales over the second quarter of 2018.  June ranked as the forth highest month of all time for electric vehicles, led once again by Tesla...Continued