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Hacking the Truthtellers: Unraveling the Fossil Fuel Industry's Web of Denial

29 Jan 2025 | Synopsis

"The hacking was allegedly commissioned by a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm (DCI Group)...allegedly working on behalf of one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, based in Texas, that wanted to discredit groups and individuals involved in climate litigation

"The fossil fuel industry faces dozens of lawsuits filed by states and localities accusing companies of misleading the public about the risks of climate change."

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GM Is Actually Making Money On EVs, Which Is A Big Deal

29 Jan 2025 | Synopsis

"Variable profit or variable margin is, simply, what you sell something for minus the cost of making it. It doesn't cover all the initial investment costs (building a plant, design, et cetera), but it's still an important milestone

"GM, which is now far into the product cycle of its 2nd gen (3rd if you count EV1) electric cars, is showing that it can make a real business out of this...GM is the company other than Tesla that benefits most from EV tax credits..."

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Hyundai Ioniq 6, LA Fires, And How They Relate To Bidirectional Charging

29 Jan 2025 | Synopsis

"There were over 100,000 people without power during the first week of the fire, and many of them owned electric vehicles.

"Bidirectional charging is the ability to charge something else with your EV, whether it's your house, an appliance, or another EV...Watching the Hyundai Ioniq 6 charge the dead Ioniq 5 wasn't as smooth as I had seen in the automaker's PR videos...The whole process took about 10 hours."

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Imprisoned British Climate Activist Has Plan to Thwart Oilograchs and Their Ilk

29 Jan 2025 | Synopsis

"We are not facing climate change, we are facing social breakdown - mass rape, mass slaughter, and mass starvation.”

{Hallam]"...was beginning to reorient his thinking - shifting away from a focus on climate collapse and instead aiming to overturn an entire political system he believes is failing us...The real problem is 'the degeneration of democratic culture, spurred by the capturing of states by corporate power.'"

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One Hard Truth Investors In eVTOL Stocks Joby And Archer Aviation Can't Ignore

28 Jan 2025 | Synopsis

"...before investors envision futuristic electric drones blanketing city skylines, there's a pressing practical problem that needs to be solved...these air taxis can replace car trips in traffic that might take 60-90 minutes with a 10-20 minute flight

"...there's a logistical challenge to taking eVTOLs that investors seem to be ignoring. These vehicles need places in high-density city centers to take off and land, known as vertiports, , and those vertiports won't be easy to obtain."

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