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CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

Green Car Congress

A study led by Norwegian climate center CICERO has found that the global warming effect of leaked hydrogen is almost 12 times stronger than that of CO 2. Unlike exhaust from burning coal and gas that contains CO 2 , burning hydrogen emits only water vapor and oxygen. The climate effects of hydrogen have been an under-researched topic.

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Toyota says hybrids are better than Teslas, and I say I’m better than Shakespeare

EV Central

But let’s let Sean speak for himself here: “[Battery electric vehicles] make sense right now in places like Norway where most energy is renewable and incomes are high but Australia is not Europe,” he said. I’ve got some data here that suggests EV Central is the greatest website on the planet, if you’d like to promote that too, please, Sean?

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

With all this, consumers and policymakers alike are hopeful that society will soon greatly reduce its carbon emissions by replacing today’s cars with electric vehicles. EVs lack tailpipe emissions, sure, but producing, operating, and disposing of these vehicles creates greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental burdens.

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How Will EV Charging Powered by Renewable Energy Create a Greener World

Driivz

Renewable energy was the main source of energy before the discovery of oil, coal, and natural gas. With the increasing threat of climate change, renewable energy has slowly but surely regained is prominence. Iceland, Norway, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, and Austria were the global leaders in hydroelectric as of 2019.

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What is Electrification of Transportation?

Driivz

The primary goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, ultimately, contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change on the planet. What is the potential for reducing emissions? Globally, the transportation sector contributes about 25% of all CO2 emissions. Clean electricity makes a difference.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Cars That Think

This question of whether climate change becomes so bad that we have to do something to dull its impacts and reduce human suffering is a very big one,” says Keutsch, an atmospheric chemist. Critics say that pursuing the technology is a dangerous distraction from the more essential task of rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

The energy stored within hydrogen has been imparted from electrical energy through the electrolytic hydrogen production process or more likely in the refinement of fossil fuels such as coal seam (methane) gas – both are energy intensive processes in themselves. . So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?