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Zachary Shahan

Economic Benefits Of Electric Vehicles

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Zachary Shahan

Oil imports are only one chapter of the story. The fact is, we spend or lose an insane amount of money, time, productivity, and quality of life from burning oil-based fuels. All of this strikes into our economy and extracts money or comfort, pleasure, and time that we can try to quantify.

EV Obsession Report: “Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want”

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Zachary Shahan

The electric car market has been growing exponentially in the past few years. But it is still a small percentage of the new car market in most places, typically representing less than 1% of new car sales. What is needed to grow electric car sales to a majority of new car sales? What types of cars and what features will dominate in such a market? When will we reach that milestone?

7 Cleantech Ideas & Developments That Are Bringing Us A Low-Carbon Economy

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Zachary Shahan

The humble (or not so humble) feed-in tariff is connected to the majority of the solar and wind power capacity installed in the world. If this policy is new to you, it’s actually quite simple, so take a second to prepare for your next dinner chat.

CleanTehcnica: If You’re A Wind Lover, This App Is For You

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Zachary Shahan

The first cool thing that jumped out to me while using the app was: “Wow, there are a lot of wind farms around here!” I knew Poland wasn’t bad with regards to wind power, and that Germany had a good number of them, but I was honestly very surprised to see how many were in this region.

Planet Save: In Atlantic City, Wind Turbines Attract Tourists

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Zachary Shahan

You hear all kinds of propaganda about people not liking the site of wind turbines. Sure, some people don’t, but a lot of people love seeing these beautiful, massive, clean energy pinwheels. This is obviously the case in Atlantic City, where thousands of tourists go on wind farm tours and request hotel rooms with a wind farm view.