Documentales en Español. The Cost of Energy. At breakfast this morning, my wife reminded me that we picked up our Nissan Leaf exactly one year ago.
Since I was looking for time to write a summary of our first year in EV-land, this looks like as good an excuse as any. The ultra-short answer: We love the car and we’re very happy with the overall price/performance. The longer answer, is, well, longer. Life with a Leaf took very little adjustment. We drive it when we want, and we plug it in over night. The objection I hear from people who have never so much as touched an EV — “But you have to plug it in all the time!”
The driving and ownership experience is great. I would change a few very minor things in my car, though. And yes, more battery range would be nice. My one regret There is one aspect of our Leaf experience I regret, and that’s getting it on only a two-year lease instead of the three year option. I’m equally sure that we’ll be leasing and not buying the next EV.
Looking forward: EVs in general. Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government. This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com.
To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Look back on 2011 and you’ll notice a destructive trail of extreme weather slashing through the year. In Texas, it was the driest year ever recorded. An epic drought there killed half a billion trees, touched off wildfires that burned four million acres and destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and buildings. Climate Denial Crock of the Week « Greenfyre’s. The collected videos of Peter Sinclair’s excellent series “Climate Denial Crock of the Week” : MYTH: “They” started calling it “climate change” to hide the cooling Global Warming? Or Climate Change? MYTH: Stolen CRU emails “prove” (Insert lie/fable) Unwinding “Hide the Decline” Climate Crock Sacks Hack Attack: The Wrap Climate Crock Sacks Hack Attack – Part 2 Smacking the Hack Attack – Part 1 MYTH: Fighting climate change hurts the poor ”Denial was a River in Africa” MYTH: The Medieval Warm Period proves climate change is natural (and the “Hockey Stick” is broken Myth) “What the Ice Cores Tell Us” ”The Medieval Warming Crock” MYTH: The EPA censored scientist Alan Carlin.
Climate Central. Astronomy Picture of the Day. PBS. Discovery. Science Daily. National Geographic. TED.