New Gravity “Charging Tree” Design Invokes Lynchings: Proves Yet Again US Needs EV Sockets

Recently I pointed out that US charging station cable theft has been a growing problem for years. And core to that story is the simple analysis that cables are unnecessary for charging stations. EV owners should bring their own cables to plug into a socket. A new Gravity announcement proves the problem, with a design … Continue reading New Gravity “Charging Tree” Design Invokes Lynchings: Proves Yet Again US Needs EV Sockets

Two Already Dead as India Busts YouTube Channel Trafficking Humans Into Russian Army

Promises of low risk high pay jobs for Indians led them to join the Russian army. It turned out to be a human trafficking operation instead, where their lives are thrown away. After two Indians died after being tricked into the Ukraine-Russia war, the role of an Indian man, who lured several people with the … Continue reading Two Already Dead as India Busts YouTube Channel Trafficking Humans Into Russian Army

Shell Permanently Shuts Down its California Hydrogen Stations

I never, ever understood the hydrogen car crowd. The fantasy of building a giant sprawling hydrogen generation and supply infrastructure, another horribly centralized yet unstable model of high risk energy, seemed totally nuts. Here are a couple of my old blog posts, if you see what I mean. September 2006: The Danger of a Fuel … Continue reading Shell Permanently Shuts Down its California Hydrogen Stations