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The Paris Agreement on Climate Change adopted on December 12, 2015
is a voluntary effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In order
to reach the goals of this agreement, there is a need to generate
electricity without greenhouse gas emissions and to electrify
transportation. An infrastructure of SPCSs can help accomplish both
of these transitions. Globally, expenditures associated with the
generation, transmission, and use of electricity are more than one
trillion dollars per year. Annual transportation expenditures are
also more than one trillion dollars per year. Almost everyone will
be impacted by these changes in transportation, solar power
generation, and smart grid developments. The benefits of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions will differ with location, but all will be
impacted. This book is about the benefits associated with adding
solar panels to parking lots to generate electricity, reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, and provide shade and shelter from rain
and snow. The electricity can flow into the power grid or be used
to charge electric vehicles (EVs). Solar powered charging stations
(SPCSs) are already in many parking lots in many countries of the
world. The prices of solar panels have decreased recently, and
about 30% of the new U.S. electrical generating capacity in 2015
was from solar energy. More than one million EVs are in service in
2016, and there are significant benefits associated with a
convenient charging infrastructure of SPCSs to support
transportation with electric vehicles. Solar Powered Charging
Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: A Sustainable Development
aims to share information on pathways from our present situation to
a world with a more sustainable transportation system with EVs,
SPCSs, a modernized smart power grid with energy storage, reduced
greenhouse gas emissions, and better urban air quality. Covering
200 million parking spaces with solar panels can generate about 1/4
of the electricity that was generated in 2014 in the United States.
Millions of EVs with 20 to 50 kWh of battery storage can help with
the transition to wind and solar power generation through owners
responding to time-of-use prices. Written for all audiences, high
school and college teachers and students, those in industry and
government, and those involved in community issues will benefit by
learning more about the topics addressed in the book. Those working
with electrical power and transportation, who will be in the middle
of the transition, will want to learn about all of the challenges
and developments that are addressed here.
As we face global challenges like climate change and inequality,
what if women could use their investments to build a cleaner,
fairer and more sustainable world? Financial feminism - the belief
in the financial equality of women - has been gathering momentum,
largely in the context of the gender pay gap: on average a woman
earns 80% of what a man does. But there's another gap - the gender
investing gap - which shows women are investing less than men,
saving less for retirement and parking more in cash. When
compounded by the gender pay gap, this results in a significant
shortfall, but there's more to financial feminism than simply
addressing these gaps: women also care about where their money is
invested and the impact it can have. In this practical and
accessible guide, sustainable investing expert Jessica Robinson
shows how through financial feminism, women can use their financial
power to invest in a sustainable future and build the kind of world
they want to live in. With jargon-free explanations and real-world
examples, she demystifies the financial services industry, breaks
down just what sustainable investing is and demonstrates the
societal and environmental impact of the investment decisions we
make. Arming women with the information they need to get started -
and keep going - she hopes that more women will embrace financial
feminism, invest to grow their own wealth and, in doing so, use
their financial decisions to demand a better world.
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change adopted on December 12, 2015
is a voluntary effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In order
to reach the goals of this agreement, there is a need to generate
electricity without greenhouse gas emissions and to electrify
transportation. An infrastructure of SPCSs can help accomplish both
of these transitions. Globally, expenditures associated with the
generation, transmission, and use of electricity are more than one
trillion dollars per year. Annual transportation expenditures are
also more than one trillion dollars per year. Almost everyone will
be impacted by these changes in transportation, solar power
generation, and smart grid developments. The benefits of reducing
greenhouse gas emissions will differ with location, but all will be
impacted. This book is about the benefits associated with adding
solar panels to parking lots to generate electricity, reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, and provide shade and shelter from rain
and snow. The electricity can flow into the power grid or be used
to charge electric vehicles (EVs). Solar powered charging stations
(SPCSs) are already in many parking lots in many countries of the
world. The prices of solar panels have decreased recently, and
about 30% of the new U.S. electrical generating capacity in 2015
was from solar energy. More than one million EVs are in service in
2016, and there are significant benefits associated with a
convenient charging infrastructure of SPCSs to support
transportation with electric vehicles. Solar Powered Charging
Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: A Sustainable Development
aims to share information on pathways from our present situation to
a world with a more sustainable transportation system with EVs,
SPCSs, a modernized smart power grid with energy storage, reduced
greenhouse gas emissions, and better urban air quality. Covering
200 million parking spaces with solar panels can generate about 1/4
of the electricity that was generated in 2014 in the United States.
Millions of EVs with 20 to 50 kWh of battery storage can help with
the transition to wind and solar power generation through owners
responding to time-of-use prices. Written for all audiences, high
school and college teachers and students, those in industry and
government, and those involved in community issues will benefit by
learning more about the topics addressed in the book. Those working
with electrical power and transportation, who will be in the middle
of the transition, will want to learn about all of the challenges
and developments that are addressed here.
Horror and slasher films are often dismissed for their apparent
lack of sophistication and dearth of redeemable values. However,
despite criticism from film snobs who turn up their noses and
moralists who look down upon the genre, slasher films are more than
just movies filled with gory mayhem. Such films can actually serve
a purpose and offer their audiences something more than split
skulls and severed heads. In Life Lessons from Slasher Films,
Jessica Robinson looks at representative works that have been
scaring audiences for decades-from Alfred Hitchcock's seminal
shocker, Psycho, to the cult classic Black Christmas and iconic
thrillers like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Friday the
13th, and Scream. In this book, Robinson examines common themes
that have emerged in these films, their various sequels, and
countless imitators-a maniacal and seemingly indestructible
executioner, sexual encounters that invariably lead to death,
increasingly gruesome ways to slaughter helpless victims, and a
lone female survivor who finds a way to vanquish the killer-and
looks beyond such tropes for what these films can teach us about
life. From practical advice (listen to your elders) to moral
platitudes (teens never learn), each chapter considers a different
"lesson" that these films teach. Robinson discusses how the events
portrayed in slasher films can resonate with viewers and perhaps
offer constructive advice on how to conduct our lives. A fun read
for fans and scholars alike, Life Lessons from Slasher Films offers
an entertaining and persuasive look at how life can imitate art,
and what art can say about life.
Inspired by the company's mission to make dances that live at the
intersection of acrobatic spectacle and social justice, Flyaway
Productions' Arts and Activism Apprenticeship Program provides 15
young artists a paid summer apprenticeship, facilitating both
dance-making and community-based activism.
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