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Shopping for an EV? Ask about V2G.

Darcy Hitchcock

Have you ever bought a computer or tablet only to find out the manufacture is releasing a new feature that your new device can’t do? This could happen to electric vehicle buyers.

Electric cars can all take power from the grid, but some can put power back into their homes or the grid. That feature is referred to as V2G (vehicle to grid.) This will become an increasingly popular way to save or actually make money with your car.

Currently, only Nissan electric cars have the right technology to support the bi-directional charging needed to support V2G. But over the coming months, more V2G-enabled cars will hit the market, starting with VW which will start delivering its first V2G equipped EV models to the UK at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Hyundai is working on a V2G-enabled EV model.

Marie Hubbard is participating in a pilot project in the…

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Rose Tinted Glasses Please. | Filosofa’s Word

Our dear friend David has written an uplifting piece today that is a perfect accompaniment for this morning’s ‘good people’ post. If everyone took the advice he offers here, the world would be a much nicer place. Thank you, David … and you just keep those hugs coming, okay? 🤗
— Read on jilldennison.com/2022/07/20/rose-tinted-glasses-please/

OCC-Consumer-Alert-Duke-Electric-Rate-Increase-2022 | Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel

Duke is asking the PUCO to approve a $55 million electric rate increase for 657,000 consumers. The Ohio Consumers’ Counsel, your state advocate, will recommend that the PUCO approve a rate decrease (not an increase) of at least $1.4 million for Duke’s consumers. The PUCO will decide how much Duke can charge you for electric service, after it hears from the public and case participants.

You Have the Right to Make Your Voice Heard by the PUCO!

Source: OCC-Consumer-Alert-Duke-Electric-Rate-Increase-2022 | Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel

COLONIALISMO del siglo XXI: ¿implementado por corporaciones y ONG? ¿De quién está en juego la supervivencia aquí, Survival? ¿La supervivencia de los bosques tropicales y los pueblos Indígenas o Cartier y otros en la industria de la joyería de oro y diamantes? … ¡Actualizado en julio de 2022! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Originally posted on Barbara Crane Navarro: “¿Oro o Naturaleza?” – © Fotolia / Wikimedia / Collage: Mirela Hadzic para Rainforest Rescue “La necedad del hombre aumentó el valor del oro y la plata debido a su escasez; mientras que la naturaleza, como padre amoroso, nos dio gratuitamente las mejores cosas, como el aire, la tierra…

COLONIALISMO del siglo XXI: ¿implementado por corporaciones y ONG? ¿De quién está en juego la supervivencia aquí, Survival? ¿La supervivencia de los bosques tropicales y los pueblos Indígenas o Cartier y otros en la industria de la joyería de oro y diamantes? … ¡Actualizado en julio de 2022! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Europe must act now or risk tougher COVID measures later, WHO official says | Reuters

European nations must accelerate vaccine uptake and bring back mask wearing to tackle a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by an Omicron offshoot and avoid stricter measures later in the year, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

In an interview with Reuters, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge urged countries to take action now to avoid overwhelming health systems in the autumn and winter as the Omicron subvariant, BA.5, continues to spread rapidly.

Source: Europe must act now or risk tougher COVID measures later, WHO official says | Reuters