My 10-year old Nissan Leaf, from the first generation of EVs, has had a new battery and a new lease of life.
The old battery will have a nice retirement, powering and heating my home with clean and cheap electricity.
Battery technology is a game changer in so many ways.
The battery swap and Range Wall were done by Range Therapy, a small social enterprise doing great things with retired EV batteries.
Expanding Irish airport capacity by 25% would cause an increase in emissions of approx. three quarters of a million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to adding ~290k fossil fuelled cars onto the roads.
It's equivalent to the GHGs avoided by ~20% of the wind energy already installed.
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It's argued that limiting aviation growth would hurt Ireland's economic competitiveness.
But it can't be argued that it would be in any way consistent with the commitment to do our fair share to limit global warming to safe levels.
The battery swap and Range Wall were done by Range Therapy, a small social enterprise doing great things with retired EV batteries.