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New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

Green Car Congress

Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. … 2017) “One-Step Reforming of CO 2 and CH 4 into High-Value Liquid Chemicals and Fuels at Room Temperature by Plasma-Driven Catalysis,” Angew.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

Back in 2017, he announced then that Volvo would stop further development on diesels at a time when nearly half of all new cars sold in Europe had diesel engines. In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas. Fast-forward to today, that number has dropped to 12%.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. Centrica closed the vast Rough storage facility in 2017 prompting concerns about gas pricing. While Boris is in New York pressing world leaders to cut CO2 output here is the UK we find ourselves lacking in CO2. No Fracking.

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First snapshots of CO2 molecules trapped in MOFs shed new light on carbon capture

Green Car Congress

In 2017 three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their roles in developing cryo-EM. It has high commercial potential because it’s very cheap and easy to synthesize. The technology slowly evolved, and then a few years ago took a giant leap, thanks to significant advances in detectors and software.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. Fletcher, S., Hill and Wang.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. Without further action by 2017, the energy-related infrastructure then in place would generate all the CO 2 emissions allowed in the 450 Scenario up to 2035. World transportation oil demand by mode in the New Policies Scenario. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. a key EARTH2TECH GE Looking to Tap $2 Trillion of Stimulus Spending DOT EARTH CO2 = Pollution.

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