The Solar Thermal Seasonal Storage that Inspired then Failed
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Drake Landing in Alberta, Canada inspired James in 2006 by using engineering and the sun to store heat from the summer and use it to heat a housing development in winter. Now it's in poor repair, needing parts that can no longer be found and likely to be replaced by gas. An entire shipping container of ebikes were stolen in a brazen heist. Kraft Dinner noodles to be dried at the factory without fossil fuels, thanks to Biden. EVs 70% cleaner than gas cars during their lifecycle.  Jeopardy clip regarding our content Biktrix from Saskatoon, Canada gets jacked by professional heist Failed solar seasonal district heating project in Canada EVs on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm An man in Germany built a solar fence see James's Twitter feed @jewhittingham Clean Whiskey Lifecycle emission of an EV with a 250,000 KM lifespan Big Bill Gates agrivoltaics project gets green light in Ohio in spite of opposition Listener Mail - solar on schools, electric milk trucks and charging at the post office Lucid gets funding Trading of Fisker stock halted Comparing the relative output of various energy sources - you need 4 1GW solar farms to cover the electricity of one 1GW nuclear plan The Lightning Round! Green Kraft Dinner The Clean Energy Show is released every week so be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get new episodes delivered to you free! Take a moment to Support the Show Please make a small donation to our podcast today! PayPal Donate! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VMDCRPHLNR8YE E-transfer: [email protected] Thanks for listening to our show! Consider rating The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you listen to our show. Our Store Visit our T-Shirt and Merch Shop! https://my-store-dde61d.creator-spring.com Contact Us! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on TikTok! @cleanenergypod  Check out our YouTube Channel! @CleanEnergyShow Follow us on Twitter or Threads @CleanEnergyPod Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cleanenergypod.bsky.social James Whittingham https://twitter.com/jewhittingham Brian Stockton: https://twitter.com/brianstockton Leave us an online voicemail at http://speakpipe.com/cleanenergyshow Copyright 2024 with some rights reserved. You may share and reproduce portions of our show with attribution. All music is copyright with all rights reserved.  
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