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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. This is a companion piece to the the 25 books in The Green Market Oracle's well informed readers list. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1. Climate impacts 2. Sustainability and business 3.

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New book tells the story of Tesla from its founding to the present

Charged

When I undertook to write a comprehensive history of the company in 2014, I knew I would have to update it from time to time, and that’s one reason I opted to publish it exclusively as an e-book. I’ve updated every section and reorganized the entire book, adding four new chapters and several additional photos. and none too soon.

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How melting ice could help us fill the gaps in our history books

Grist

For instance, reindeer herders living on the tundra of northern Mongolia need ice patches to help their livestock stay cool in the summer, away from disease-bearing insects, and hydrated. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How melting ice could help us fill the gaps in our history books on Dec 4, 2019.

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ZF reaches milestone: two million EV motors produced

Charged

For example, sophisticated cooling solutions: “Currently we are developing a solution with oil flowing past—to directly cool the copper wire, which is the main heat source in electric motors,” explains VP Roland Hintringer. Our order books are well filled,” says Hintringer. Source: ZF.

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AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy | John Naughton

The Guardian: Energy

Belief in this comforting story, however, might not survive an encounter with Kate Crawford’s seminal book, Atlas of AI , or the striking Anatomy of an AI System graphic she composed with Vladan Joler. Continue reading.

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Tesla’s success is “a combination of thousands of heroic feats that no one knows about” (book excerpt)

Charged

A new excerpt from Tesla: How Elon Musk and Company Made Electric Cars Cool, and Remade the Automotive and Energy Industries , Edition 4.1. My dad would bring home lab cars—like a library book, but it was a car. We partnered with Inside Sales out of Palo Alto—they acted as kind of a booking agent.

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How Tesla’s in-house software helped it weather the chip shortage

Charged

Now, seven years later, legacy automakers are realizing that they need to take yet another page from Tesla’s book, and take control of their vehicles’ computer systems. The Times reports that Mercedes plans to use fewer specialized chips and more standardized semiconductors in its upcoming models, and to write its own software.