Articles by

Simon Mahan

How much does electricity cost on a 2,500 mile road trip in a Tesla?

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Simon Mahan

Based on some personal experience, electricity use for a 2,500 mile road trip can cost zero dollars.

Remember that “wind tree”? It’s worse than we thought

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Simon Mahan

Turns out, the wind tree is actually worse than initially thought.

Debunking Wind Turbine Fads

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Simon Mahan

Fad wind turbines do double duty for anti-renewable energy activists: they perpetuate false negative stereotypes of wind power, and then fail to deliver substantial quantities of clean, cheap power.

8 Reasons to be Skeptical of the “Tree” Wind Turbine

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Simon Mahan

While it’s great that innovators are still evaluating different ways to produce clean power, don’t lose sight of how amazing the more mainstream technologies already are: Electricity from the air and sun for dirt cheap. Welcome to 2015!