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Musk and New York Times Debate Highlights Electric Car Shortcomings

Tesla should emphasize the applications where EVs beat gas vehicles.

Tesla Motors and the New York Times reporter John Broder are exchanging salvos over a negative review of Tesla’s new East Coast fast-charging stations. When Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk says it was Broder’s fault that he got stranded with a depleted battery, Musk is right. But he’s missing the point. Broder’s difficulties illustrate the fact that electric cars aren’t as well-suited to long-distance driving as gas-powered ones. If EVs are going to take off, it will be for applications in which they can outdo gasoline cars.

Musk and NYTimes Debate Highlights Electric Car Shortcomings

Tesla should emphasize the applications where EVs beat gas vehicles.

Tesla Motors and the New York Times reporter John Broder are exchanging salvos over a negative review of Tesla’s new east coast, fast-charging stations. When Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk says it was Broder’s fault that he got stranded with a depleted battery, Musk is right. But he’s missing the point. Broder’s difficulties illustrate the fact that electric cars aren’t as well-suited to long-distance driving as gas-powered ones. If EVs are going to take off, it will be for applications in which they can out-do gasoline cars.

Debate Needed to Address Global Warming Uncertainty

A Norwegian study counters previous estimates of how sensitive the planet is to greenhouse gases.

Over the weekend, a Norwegian climate change study from last year got a fair amount of attention online, thanks to what appears to be a new English translation of a press release from October. The work incorporates data from the last several years, during which global temperatures remained fairly steady. It suggested that the climate may not be as sensitive to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere as previously thought. If carbon emissions double from pre-industrial levels, the world might warm by 1.9 ° C, which is on the low end of a range of estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Moon Illusion: New Theory Reignites Debate Over Why Moon Appears Larger Near the Horizon

The ancients knew the moon looks bigger near the horizon but no theory convincingly explains the illusion. Now a new idea aims to settle the debate once and for all

Death sparks Irish abortion debate

One fateful day in October, life changed forever for Praveen Halappanavar.

Death sparks abortion debate in Ireland

One fateful day in October, life changed forever for Praveen Halappanavar.

Candidates debate, world responds

The presidential face-off on foreign policy between Obama and Romney was geared to sway U.S. voters, but that didn’t stop the world from weighing in. See what residents from China to Afghanistan had to say.

Romney Aide: Reducing Carbon Emissions from Coal Isn’t a Legitimate Goal

Obama and Romney campaigns debate climate change and energy policy.

The presidential campaigns haven’t had much to say about climate change, with energy policy taking a backseat to other issues for the two candidates. That changed at least for a few minutes last Friday at MIT, as the domestic policy advisor to Mitt Romney and a former special assistant for energy and the environment in Barack Obama’s administration debated energy policy and the role of government in promoting new energy sources.

In Debate, Romney Makes Dubious Green Energy Claims

Saying that half of all the 2009 stimulus-supported clean energy companies went out of business is plain wrong.

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The Real Debate Will Take Place on Facebook and Twitter

Campaigns are gearing up to shape social media reactions in real time.

When President Obama and Mitt Romney take the stage for their first debate in Denver tomorrow night, a far more extensive shadow debate will unfold across social media. Campaigns and supporters will aim to seize the online “conversation” in a vast game of spin unfolding well beyond the telecast and media coverage does.