Green Cars News
JUNE 12, 2009
The news unveiled by the BBC this week that children are at greater risk from harmful small particles in traffic pollution will have alarmed many motorists. As reported by the BBC2, early findings from the study in London show that the lung capacity of 8 and 9 year olds is up to five per cent lower than the national average.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2009
A BBC article [ 9 ] upped the stakes on Thursday the 9 th with an article on carbon emissions that characterized “the lower target of 1.5 BBC: 15 December 2009. [ BBC, 10 December 2009. [ We’ve had our proposal [for an agreement that would bind all countries to emissions cuts in service of a 1.5º Not the last two days.”.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Although technological yield gains had offset the losses, the study established a clear and simple correlation between increasing temperatures and crop yields. July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. On the other hand, the cost of a used transportation battery will be set by the next cheapest form of scalable dispatchable storage such as air pressure storage less the battery recycle value.
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