In Tesla’s Q2 earnings call Elon Musk dropped the little bombshell that Tesla's solar panels cost $1.49 per watt after incentives. I found that it can be even lower than that. This is a huge step forward for the price of solar power. Why? Let’s get into it.
Why haven't electric planes taken off yet? Electric aircraft explained. There's a lot of talk about whether or not electric planes have a future compared to electric cars and trucks. They’re often represented as the future of air, but where are the electric planes? Are there any electric plane desig
The past year has had some really interesting advancements with perovskite and multijunction solar cells, which are going to have a big impact. Plus, what if I told you it might be possible to harvest power from shadows?
Carbon capture and storage is one of the solutions brought up as solution, but do we really need it, how much of an impact could it really make, and is it in fact just an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels and let heavy polluting industries off the hook? It's time to find out the truth.
The appeal of Carbon Nanotubes is their potential to dramatically improve energy storage and renewable energy... a topic that scientists have been attempting to tackle for decades. As it turns out, Carbon nanotubes can be easily mass-produced already, so why haven’t we seen the carbon nanotube revol
What if you could tap into the power of machine learning to help you monitor your energy use? To find out where it's coming from and where it’s going? To potentially let you know if one of those devices is failing and in need of being replaced? Would you be willing to add that artificial intelligenc
If we want to replace fossil fuels entirely, we need to build batteries that can store enough renewable energy to power entire cities for much longer periods. With liquid redox flow batteries, there's a viable path forward for city-scale renewable energy storage. But where do we currently stand with
It can be hard to know where to start with smart home improvements, so I thought I'd do a tour of my smart home and walk you through my top 10 home automations. These are the things I value the most to help with security, convenience, saving energy ... and even some money over time.
Thorium is often held up as one of the best paths forward for achieving a mix of cheap, clean energy for our grid. Even former presidential candidate Andrew Yang was pushing for Thorium reactors along with wind and solar. So what is it? Why are there so many people excited about it? And is it really
Do you ever find yourself going somewhere and it's just a little too far to walk, but close enough that driving seems like a waste. Or, you just want to get a little more exercise out in the fresh air but jogging is too ambitious? Enter the Electric bike. I haven’t ridden or owned a bike in over 25
Ever since it was first discovered in 2004, graphene has been hailed as one of the most important breakthroughs in materials since the plastics revolution more than a century ago. The early predictions were that graphene would almost immediately enable the kinds of products and technologies that we’
Is a battery lawn mower worth it? My channel is all about smart and sustainable technologies, but I never thought that I’d be wanting to talk about ... a lawn mower. But here we are. I’ve been using an electric Ego lawn mower for the past 5 years, but just upgraded to the newest (2020) Ego Power+ 21