In my first Civic issues blog I discussed the history of the electric car and Tesla’s roadmap to electrifying the automotive industry. In this blog I discussed some of the benefits of electric vehicles for example increased efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, because of this I came to the conclusion that the future […]
Hydropower is one of the oldest methods of producing energy. Long before steam power was used for energy production people were using paddle wheels in rivers and streams to turn motors. In 1950 hydropower accounted for 30% of energy production. However since then there has been a drastic decline in hydropower and it currently only […]
In my last blog I discussed using turbines by the side of the road to generate electricity. Today I am going to discuss an even more obscure but just as innovative way of producing electricity. This ingenious method of energy production is from pavement power. In the 2013 Paris marathon Peter Some missed making history […]
In my last blog I discussed the benefits and drawbacks of wind turbines. Following writing that post I saw an ad on Facebook for a new type of wind turbine that I found intriguing. This particular wind turbine is harnessing the power of traffic. Currently as a car drives along it produces a large amount […]
In my previous blog I discussed how electric vehicles are improving and becoming more popular. Electric vehicles are reducing the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere. I also mentioned the fact that in 2019 62.6 percent of energy produced in the United States came from fossil fuel sources. Yes electric cars are a […]
Electric vehicles have been around since the mid 19th century, however they did have their major drawbacks which led to their demise against cars with internal combustion engines. Some of the main drawbacks of electric vehicles were extremely high costs, low top speeds and a short range per charge. The combination of these factors led […]