Are electric cars that much cheaper to operate?(pavlinbg.com) Recently, I engaged in a conversation about the cost-effectiveness of electric vehicles (EVs) compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles with a friend. This discussion prompted me to conduct a detailed analysis of the potential cost savings associated with owning an EV, particularly focusing on fuel savings and overall cost return.
6 points by New_Statesman 44 days ago | 0 comments
Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find(techxplore.com) For most countries around the world, sourcing energy entirely from wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower by 2050 would reduce their energy needs and costs, improve air quality, and help slow climate change, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology.
24 points by thunderbong 101 days ago | 9 comments
Exploring the Cost and Feasibility of Battery-Electric Ships(newscenter.lbl.gov) Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study from Berkeley Lab researchers recently published in Nature Energy.
20 points by JumpCrisscross 143 days ago | 24 comments
How 15 Top LLMs perform on classification: accuracy vs. cost breakdown(airtrain.ai) Historically, classification tasks used to be non-trivial endeavors, both in terms of human-power and cost. It would require a specialized model trained on a large labeled dataset; a consequential project involving tasks such as gathering the data, labeling the data, training and evaluating the model, monitoring and retraining, etc.