Cars That Think
OCTOBER 27, 2022
There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? The manufacture of solar panels involves the environmental costs from mining, waste disposal, and carbon emissions. You would think this is about as “green” as it can get, but in 2022 that would be a mistake.
Baua Electric
MAY 17, 2024
Sustainable tires require better recycling beyond reuse for tires Around 90% of tires worldwide are recycled, while some markets within Africa still need to get onboard with the idea. Synthetic rubber, or butadiene rubber, is “very cheap today,” said Roget, because it’s often made as a side product of gasoline production.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Scarcity also creates opportunities to develop substitute materials or to recover materials from waste. The advantages many companies experienced in the last two decades from “cheap labor” in developing nations are likely to be eroded by the growth and power of the global middle class. billion in 2005.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future. Hago Energetics, Inc aims to help farms become more profitable by converting farm waste to high-value products, such as hydrogen and valuable carbons.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 13, 2011
Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. Reliance grows on a small number of producers: the increase in output from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is over 90% of the required growth in world oil output to 2035. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. "Their cars are way behind Toyota, for sure," Sokol admits.
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