The Solar Thermal Seasonal Storage that Inspired then Failed

The Clean Energy Show

27-03-2024 • 52分

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

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