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Coastal energy access
A California Public Records Act study of public EV charging access and pricing on public coastal land.
Founder & Principal Investigator, HiTower Institute.
Jack Knight founded HiTower to do hands-on, public-interest research from the field. He lives and works off-grid, and his research grows out of that life: what it really takes to keep power, water and access flowing for people outside the usual systems.
A California Public Records Act study of public EV charging access and pricing on public coastal land.
Logging and modeling battery capacity and real-world energy use in mobile living.
Fuel cells and hybrid systems for van conversions and portable generators.
Detecting fraudulent bulk copper and scrap offers on B2B marketplaces against benchmark pricing.