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Droplet, aerosol, airborne: The confusion over how COVID-19 spreads

Source: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/alberta-response-to-airborne-covid-19-transmission Alberta is updating its mask-use guidelines in the light of a recent messaging shift from Canada’s top doctor on the risk of airborne spread of COVID-19, but the province is otherwise continuing to use a year-old document which considers aerosol virus transmission to be a non-dominant form of spread. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s […]

May 6, 2021 by

Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00869-2/ Heneghan and colleagues’ systematic review, funded by WHO, published in March, 2021, as a preprint, states: “The lack of recoverable viral culture samples of SARS-CoV-2 prevents firm conclusions to be drawn about airborne transmission”.1 This conclusion, and the wide circulation of the review’s findings, is concerning because of the public health implications. View […]

April 15, 2021 by

Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00869-2/ Heneghan and colleagues’ systematic review, funded by WHO, published in March, 2021, as a preprint, states: “The lack of recoverable viral culture samples of SARS-CoV-2 prevents firm conclusions to be drawn about airborne transmission”.1 This conclusion, and the wide circulation of the review’s findings, is concerning because of the public health implications. View […]

April 15, 2021 by

Why indoor spaces are still prime COVID hotspots

Source: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00810-9 When Lidia Morawska leaves home, she takes with her a slick, shoe-sized device that provides some sobering insights about the restaurants and offices she visits. Outside these buildings, her carbon dioxide monitor reads just above 400 parts per million (p.p.m.). But indoors is a different story. View full story

March 30, 2021 by

New method to build microgrids based on solar, hydrogen

Source: https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/01/11/new-method-to-build-microgrids-based-on-solar-hydrogen/ The use of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells as backup power generation in solar microgrids could drive down costs and improve efficiency, according to an international group of researchers. They have proposed a new energy management system that could be ideal for hybrid solar-hydrogen microgrids in remote locations.An international research team has developed […]

January 11, 2021 by

The roadblocks EV trucks face in modernizing the transportation sector

Source: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/storage/the-roadblocks-ev-trucks-face-in-modernizing-the-transportation-sector/#gref/ With most major car manufacturers releasing electrical vehicle (EV) models, along with newcomers such as Tesla and NIO securing billions of dollars in investments, there remains no doubt that the EV revolution is upon us. The electrification of our transportation sector comes as good news to renewable energy advocates, environmentalists, and electric car […]

December 18, 2020 by

COVID-19 will probably become endemic – here’s what that means

Source: https://theconversation.com/covid-19-will-probably-become-endemic-heres-what-that-means-146435 We can’t say with any certainty what the future of COVID-19 is. But based on our experience with other infections, there is little reason to believe that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 will go away any time soon, even when vaccines become available. A more realistic scenario is that it will be added to the […]

October 12, 2020 by

Electric truck sales in US predicted to soar to 54,000 by 2025

Source: https://thedriven.io/2020/08/14/electric-truck-sales-in-us-predicted-to-soar-to-54000-by-2025/ There were only 2,000 electric trucks on US roads at the end of 2019, but new research from analysts Wood Mackenzie suggest that number will soar to more than 54,000 by 2025.The new analysis from US-based energy analysts Wood Mackenzie suggests the US electric truck industry will immediately benefit from recent policy and […]

August 14, 2020 by

Study Finds U.S. Electric Truck Sales Will Rise Exponentially By 2025

Source: https://insideevs.com/news/438937/study-electric-trucks-exponential-increase-2025/amp/ The electric truck segment will gain several brand new and very interesting models in the next year or two. This influx of new metal will spur the EV truck segment on considerably, and according to a study by analysts from Wood Mackenzie, we should prepare for an exponential rise in the number of […]

August 13, 2020 by

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