QUICK NEWS, October 3: Climate Is The Question, New Energy Is The Answer; New Energy Is The Real Deal Now; Tesla EV Delivers
Climate Is The Question, New Energy Is The Answer Climate Change Can't Get Traction In This Election, But Clean Energy Can
Jeff McMahon, October 2, 2016 (Forbes)
“Candidates aren’t talking about climate change because voters consider other issues more pressing, leading Republican and Democratic pollsters agree…But those same voters overwhelmingly support clean energy…Candidates will find voters more receptive if they approach climate policy through clean energy…[Harvard Government Professor Stephen Ansolabehere] found that Americans of all political stripes favor solar and wind energy over fossil fuels and nuclear power…Researchers have also found strong concern about climate change, but not the kind of concern that converts easily to political campaigns…” click here for more
New Energy Is The Real Deal Now Solar and Wind Manufacturing is Thriving in the USA. Why don't mainstream reporters know?
Jigar Shah, August 15, 2016 (Linked In)
“…[The solar, wind, LED lighting, and other clean energy industries have created close to one in 33 new jobs in the U.S. economy and, for] the solar industry, a majority of these new employment opportunities are blue collar construction and manufacturing jobs that pay an average of $21 per hour…[The solar industry has also] hired more veterans than anyone else, retrained coal workers, and even provided a soft landing for oil and gas workers who have lost their jobs. The vast majority of solar and wind workers are trained in less than six months because their previous work experience and training is completely transferrable…According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, wind technician is the fastest growing job category -- expanding twice as much as the next-fastest growing job…[Clean energy is mistakenly seen as a passive and precious solution for a future society -- a delicate sunflower waving in the face of a muscular coal miner or a pristine field of green and sky of blue set against a dirt mound penetrated by a fracking rig…[But the] American energy economy is changing, and changing rapidly. Clean energy and energy efficiency is where the growth is happening…” click here for more
Tesla EV Delivers Tesla delivered 24,500 electric cars in Q3, holds firm on 2016 goal
Stephen Edelstein, October 3, 2016 (Green Car Reports)
“…[Tesla] delivered roughly 24,500 electric cars during the third quarter, including 15,800 Model S sedans and 8,700 Model X utility vehicles…[That] slightly exceeds estimates by at least half of the financial analysts…The third-quarter total is considerably higher than the 14,402 cars Tesla delivered in the second quarter of this year…Tesla Motors says it is holding its guidance of 50,000 total deliveries for July through December 2016…The company had about 5,500 cars in transit to customers at the end of the quarter…Unlike the second quarter, third-quarter deliveries to paying customers outstripped actual production of Tesla electric cars…Tesla said it built 25,185 vehicles during the last quarter, up from 18,345 in Q2…During the first six months of this year, Tesla delivered 29,190 cars…Deliveries during the first half of the year were slowed due to the ramp-up of production for the Model X…” click here for more
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