History of Electricity - IER
网页In 1882, with J.P. Morgan funding his efforts, Edison launched the businesses that would later be known as General Electric. In September of that year, he opened the United States’ first central power plant in lower Manhattan—the Pearl Street Station. Pearl Street was a stroke of genius.
The Institute for Energy Research
网页2024年9月12日 · Even top Democrats and Elon Musk have started to realize that we need to support domestic energy production to help keep prices low for American consumers. A first-of-its-kind research tool that shines a long overdue spotlight on the money that is fueling the massive national environmental lobby ...
The United States Was Energy Independent in 2019 for the First …
网页2020年5月11日 · The United States Was Energy Independent in 2019 for the First Time Since 1957. By IER. May 11, 2020. Contact The Expert. U.S. energy production in 2019 was higher than U.S. energy consumption for the first time in 62 years. Thus, the U.S. attained the long-held goal of “energy independence”—which is not to say that we did not import or ...
The Environmental Impact of Lithium Batteries - IER
网页2020年11月12日 · During the Obama-Biden administration, hydraulic fracturing was accused of causing a number of environmental problems—faucets on fire, contamination of drinking water, etc.—but the administration’s own Environmental Protection Agency could not validate those accusations.. Now Biden is planning to transition the transportation sector to electric vehicles that are powered by lithium ...
The Afterlife of Electric Vehicles: Battery Recycling and Repurposing
网页2019年5月6日 · Contact The Expert. By 2040, more than half of new-car sales and a third of the global fleet—equal to 559 million vehicles —is projected to be electric. This poses serious challenges. Electric vehicle batteries typically must be replaced every seven to 10 years for smaller vehicles and three to four for larger ones, such as buses and vans.
Cost of Transitioning to 100-Percent Renewable Energy - IER
网页2019年7月15日 · There are several studies that indicate it would cost the United States trillions of dollars to transition to an electric system that is 100-percent renewable. Costs range from $4.5 trillion by 2030 or even 2040 to $5.7 trillion in 2030—about a quarter of the U.S. debt. The lower estimate results in a cost per household of almost $2,000 per ...
History of Solar Power - IER
网页2016年2月18日 · The history of solar power is not as recent as some may think as the technology has existed since the 19th century and has received substantial government support since at least the 1970s. Despite vast amounts of subsidies, solar power comprises less than 1 percent of US electricity generation [1] …
Price Controls and the 1970s Oil Crisis: Lessons for Today
网页2023年10月24日 · The 1970s “Energy Crisis” was in full swing. While shortages were blamed on Big Oil at home and OPEC abroad, the real culprit was federal price and allocation controls. President Richard Nixon’s August 1971 declaration of a 90-day freeze of wages and prices, intended to check price inflation then running near 4 …
网页6 | AN OVERVIEW OF NATURAL GAS BANS IN THE U.S. THE NSTITUTE OR NERGY ESEARCH electricity demand has been affected by rolling blackouts during heat waves and power cutoffs to prevent fires caused by old equipment.
Lithium Mining in North America - IER
网页2022年9月21日 · The price of lithium has increased fivefold since mid-2021, pushing the cost of electric vehicles to about $66,000 –just a few thousand dollars less than the median household income and $20,000 more than the average for …
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