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On March 19, 2020, the eastern side of Edenville dam collapsed, and it has forced the immediate evacuations in the town of Edenville and the city of Midland. The failure of the dam also posed a threat to the Sanford …
Tesla’s battery plans were leaked. If you drive 180,000 miles in 12 years then a gas car costs about US$32,000 for fuel and maintenance. The new Tesla with a million mile battery and cheaper batteries would cost about $6000 for …
Elon Musk is tweeting that Tesla is restarting vehicle production at the Fremont factory. This is against Alameda County rules but is permitted by the state of California. Elon Musk will be at the factory and hopes that if anyone …
The coronavirus crisis has US corporate interest rates are in the 1.8-4.1% range. China has a 10-year government bond yield of 2.6%. Low rates make new nuclear energy and other high capital cost projects more affordable. We have to adjust …
Nextbigfuture has tracked and analyzed nuclear fusion, nuclear fission and other energy. Nextbigfuture has dozens of articles comparing all energy sources based on safety using the deaths per terawatt hour metric. In 2008, Nextbigfuture had its first death per terawatt-hours …
Tesla reported first-quarter profits despite the coronavirus and shutdowns of factories. $283M GAAP operating income; 4.7% operating margin in Q1 $16M GAAP net income; $227M non-GAAP net income (ex-SBC) in Q1 Gross margin at Giga Shanghai approaching level of US-made …
The Coronavirus Pandemic is reshaping our current world and it is reshaping the future. The pandemic and global lockdown is causing a global economic depression, shattering the energy markets and killing previously might companies and industries. 18 months ago, Nextbigfuture …
NASA NIAC fund work to use bioorganisms to perform atmospheric in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). Utilizing 100% ISRU for propellant production, they aim to reduce the Entry Descent Landing (EDL) mass of a crewed mission to Mars by approximately 7 tons. …
The Swarm-Probe Enabling ATEG Reactor, or SPEAR, is a nuclear electric propulsion spacecraft that uses a new, lightweight reactor moderator and advanced thermoelectric generators (ATEGs) to greatly reduce overall core mass. This will subsequently require a reduction in operating temperatures …
West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, traded as low as -$40.32 a barrel today. The main delivery point for US oil, Cushing, Oklahoma has full storage. Storage tanks at Cushing will be full in May. The crude oil tanks around …