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AUGUST 22, 2019

In this analysis, I examined recent changes in the contribution of transportation to total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States relative to the other sources of emissions (industry, commercial, residential, and agriculture). The analysis is an update of a study published in 2016. by Michael Sivak. to 29.2%).

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JULY 21, 2016

Rocks formed beneath the ocean floor by fast-spreading tectonic plates may be a large and previously overlooked source of free hydrogen gas, a new Duke University study suggests. Worman, postdoc at UT Austin, who led the study while a doctoral student at Duke. Their paper is published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Registration of model year 2016 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in New Jersey was up 79% over 2015, according to a recent analysis by ChargEVC , a diverse coalition of organizations and companies that support growth of the electric vehicle market. Interest in these cars is growing.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

In addition, RNG use could be much higher if the LCFS credits were combined with US federal RIN credits (Renewable Identification Number, part of the Renewable Fuels Standard, RFS), the study found. —“Final Draft Report on The Feasibility of Renewable Natural Gas as a Large-Scale, Low Carbon Substitute”.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The Steel Recycling Institute (SRI), a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute, released a peer-reviewed study that examines the overall environmental impact of vehicle lightweighting using advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) compared with aluminum. Source: SRI. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

The study is intended to lead to a joint demonstration project in 2016 next to PowerCell’s premises in Gothenburg, Sweden. The study is intended to lead to a joint demonstration project in 2016 next to PowerCell’s premises in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Västra Götalandsregionen is financing the feasibility study.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

According to a new study by Bosch, the use of e-fuels—synthetic fuels based on renewable energy—in Europe by 2050 as a scheduled supplement to electrification could save up to 2.8 gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. The same applies to the existing combustion-engine expertise.

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Emissions Fuel CO2 Gasoline-Electric 210

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Direct thermal cracking of methane and other hydrocarbons is a way to produce hydrogen from natural gas without direct CO 2 emissions. Wetzel’s team, in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. There are huge quantities of natural gas worldwide and it can be used in a climate-neutral way.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy. This study implements three main research contents. (1) Natural gas taxis are expected to account for 54% in 2050. The mode share of public transport in most cities in China are less than 40%, and the share for some big cities is even less than 10%.

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Transportation Emissions China Taxi 316

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MAY 16, 2016

Emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters , a journal of the American Geophysical Union. A 2015 study in the journal Nature estimates they cause at least 3.3

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Pollution United States Waste Emissions 240

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APRIL 14, 2018

is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children, according to a new, large-scale study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , an American Thoracic Society journal. The exact biological implications of the study’s findings require further investigation.

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MARCH 9, 2016

They found that many alternative fuels consume larger quantities of water on a per km basis than traditional petroleum and natural gas pathways. Reforming natural gas to H 2 for use in a FCEV more than doubles the water consumption intensity of transportation.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Now, a study commissioned by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) from eia.gov (a global provider of analysis on energy and commodities), finds that since the early 2000s, China’s consumption of methanol in fuel products has risen sharply. The report estimates consumption to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016.

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APRIL 18, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid ( earlier post ) is EPA-rated at 46 mpg (5.11 The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid ( earlier post ) is EPA-rated at 46 mpg (5.11 At the 2016 SAE World Congress, GM engineers presented a paper describing the development of the new hybrid powertrain for the popular mid-size sedan. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 27, 2016

A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself. —Kevin Schug. Navid Dorreyatim, Josh T.

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JULY 13, 2016

The 2016 Billion-Ton Report , volume 1, updates and expands upon analysis in the 2011 US Billion-Ton Update ( earlier post ), which was preceded by the 2005 US Billion Ton Study ( earlier post ). The Billion Ton 2016 is the third in the series of these Billion Ton reports. billion tons under a high-yield scenario.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways; the levelized cost of driving (LCD); and the cost of avoided GHG emissions.

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Fuel Vehicles PHEV Carbon 417

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AUGUST 14, 2017

In May 2016, Austin voters blocked a ballot measure that would have allowed the companies to keep using their own background-check systems. The study found that 41% of those surveyed turned to their own vehicle to fill the void left by Uber and Lyft. —Robert Hampshire, a professor at UMTRI and lead author. 2977969.

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Austin Texas Transportation 2017 186

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JULY 3, 2016

A study by a team at University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign has found that, with currently achievable performance levels, synthetic fuels produced via the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 and the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process system are not economically and environmentally competitive with using petroleum-based fuel. —Li et al.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Carbon 240

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

A large-scale study that included women from Germany and China has demonstrated a link between levels of traffic-related air pollution and air pollution-associated gases with the formation of dark spots on the skin, known as lentigenes, or liver spots. The researchers studied two groups. µg/m 3 in the SALIA study and 24.1

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JANUARY 28, 2018

Now, in a new study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have found that secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production from both port fuel injection (PFI) and gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles has been substantially reduced through the tightening of NMOG emissions.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Ozone, a greenhouse gas and toxic air pollutant, is not emitted but forms when ultraviolet light hits nitrogen oxides. Jason West (2016) “Tropospheric ozone change from 1980 to 2010 dominated by equatorward redistribution of emissions”. —Owen R. Cooper, co-author. Yuqiang Zhang, Owen R. Cooper, Audrey Gaudel, Anne M.

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Ozone Pollution Global North Carolina 230

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MAY 17, 2018

Emissions of one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole are on the rise, despite an international treaty that required an end to its production in 2010, a new study by researchers at NOAA and their colleagues shows.

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Ozone Emissions 2002 2010 170

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The new catalyst breaks those molecules into hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas, the largest component of Earth’s atmosphere. The new study is a culmination of that work. Liquid ammonia is easy to transport and packs a lot of energy, with one nitrogen and three hydrogen atoms per molecule.

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Hydrogen Conversion Houston Light 273

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AUGUST 20, 2016

The study, published in the journal Fuel , used four different fuel blends of low-sulfur fossil diesel fuel oil and CTO renewable fuel, UPM BioVerno (HB): HB10, HB20, HB50, and HB100. The suitability of this Finnish CTO renewable fuel has earlier been studied particularly in light-duty and passenger car vehicles. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Among the findings of the study, published as an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters , was that battery electric vehicles with large battery capacity can produce two to three times as much air emissions damage as gasoline hybrid electric vehicles, depending on charge timing.

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APRIL 12, 2017

Researchers at Oklahoma State University are developing a novel natural Gas and Biomass to Liquids (GBTL) technology that will synergistically use biomass (e.g. Francis Epplin and Phil Kenkel, for this part of the study. The work is led by Dr. Ajay Kumar in collaboration with Dr. Allen Apblett. 2016.06.021.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

The human health benefits associated with improvements in air quality related to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions improvements can offset 26–1,050% of the cost of US carbon policies, depending upon the type of policy, according to a new study by a team from MIT. —Gregory Nemet. Resources.

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JULY 20, 2016

A study by European researchers has found that ship emissions from the combustion of heavy fuel oil (HFO) and diesel fuel (DF) have adverse effects on pulmonary macrophages, from increased cell death to altered metabolic profile, depending upon the aerosol component. Their open access paper is published in the journal PLOS ONE. 0157964.

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JULY 19, 2013

Drivers of diesel vehicles can save thousands of dollars in total ownership costs compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) study. Belzowski and UMTRI colleague Paul E.

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Gasoline Diesel Vehicles Fuel Economy 247

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JUNE 28, 2013

TCO for selected gas and diesel vehicles over a 3 year timeframe. The study — Total Cost of Ownership: A Gas Versus Diesel Comparison —was conducted for Robert Bosch LLC; the results were released at the 2013 Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in Washington DC. Source: UMTRI. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 12, 2016

Wellbores drilled to extract oil and gas can be significantly reinforced with a small amount of modified graphene nanoribbons added to a polymer and microwaved, according to Rice University researchers. Results of their study appeared in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 6b01756.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A new study from University of Michigan researchers challenges the assumption that crop-based biofuels such as corn ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon-neutral—i.e., that only production-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need to be tallied when comparing them to fossil fuels. DeCicco, J.M.,

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Carbon Climate Change Emissions Climate 150

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By using FCs as a power source, it will be possible to completely eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during navigation. The partners will begin a feasibility study in September 2020 and start designing the vessel and hydrogen-fuel-supply equipment in 2021. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK). Safety assessment of FC vessel.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project started in 2016. Afterwards, carbon dioxide and hydrogen are first converted into reactive synthesis gas at high temperature and then into liquid fuels in a microstructured chemical reactor. The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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Solar Finland Fuel CO2 386

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Broadly, the study by Stephanie Searle, Francisco Posada Sanchez, Chris Malins, and John German concludes that (a) technical barriers do not prevent the use of higher blends of ethanol, and (b) slow uptake of blends such as E15 and E85 is due to other factors, including high cost, legal and warranty issues, and consumer awareness and acceptance.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The study is published in Nature ; the results will be used to help state and local agencies and businesses prioritize investments to reduce emissions. From August 2016 to October 2018, NASA, through a contract with the two state agencies, flew remote sensing equipment over selected portions of the state.

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Emissions Los Angeles California Oil 236