On the Road to Mass Market Electric Vehicles

https://eemi.seas.gwu.edu/electric-vehicles-professional SSF is partnering with George Washington University to bring energy and environmental professional development courses online. This is the second time we have produced the electric vehicle course.

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Productivity To Surge with AI. Do the Politicians Know?

There is every chance that the world’s industrial economies may be about to enjoy an incredible surge in productivity, something like the arrival of steam power in the 18th century.

The driver of this will be artificial intelligence.

Court Ruling Mandates Confusion, Judicial Activism

Myths are powerful things — so powerful that the Supreme Court has endorsed one and now has the federal government by the throat.  Its effects will be far-reaching and, at times, disastrous and dangerous. Although a conservative favorite, it will hurt business, in some cases, severely.

The AI Revolution Will Rival the Industrial One, and It Has Begun

A new age in the human experience on Earth is underway. It is an age of change as profound — and possibly more so — than the Industrial Revolution, when the steam engine introduced the concept of post-animal labor, known as shaft horsepower.
Artificial intelligence in this new age is infiltrating all areas of human endeavor.

Tech Giants Want In on Electricity, Google Has a Foothold

 

During the desperate days of the energy crisis in the 1970s, it looked as though the shortage was permanent and we would have to change the way we lived, worked and played to accommodate it.

In the end, it was technology that solved the crisis.

 

The Next Climate Frontier – Industrial Decarbonization

Tackling industrial greenhouse gas emissions is emerging as the next frontier in the crucial transition to a clean energy economy.

While significant strides have been made in finding cost-effective alternatives to fossil fuel use in power generation, transportation, agriculture, and building sectors, decarbonizing industrial processes poses a much greater challenge - high process heat requirements.

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