My Wednesday science day will honor the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, for she is an energy engineer. From Energy Matters of the American Energy Society: About 200 coal plants in the US have closed in the past decade , which leaves about 50 still operating, mostly in Pennsylvania, Texas, Indiana, Wyoming, Kentucky, West Virginia and Iowa. ( Note : in 1990, coal-fired power produced about half of US electricity; now it's about 16%.) Renewables : Battery storage capacity has quadrupled in the last four years - Global battery storage installations last year reached 2,400 GWh, a quadrupling of capacity over four years. The 4 regions that installed the most battery storage last year: 1. China (+34.5GW of new battery storage) 2. Europe (+24 GW of new storage) 3. United States (+15 GW) 4. Australia (+2.5 GW) - The American Energy Society is sector agnostic, non-partisan, and rarely (if ever) offers an opinion; however, perhaps hydrogen might h
New SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY: This blog site derives from the original version of Planet Earth & Humanity, but will be more WE than ME. The coverage will remain similar, but perhaps these postings will seem to come from a parallel universe, or maybe even Purgatory. But truth and reality will prevail, with dashes of whimsy and levity to help make your day.