Human Cost of Climate Change
Electric Cars are for Girls
OCTOBER 26, 2019
Polar bears aside, what is the human cost of climate change? Do you ever think about how climate change will affect you and me?
Are electric cars tackling climate change?
Innovation News Network
OCTOBER 28, 2022
EIP's Kate Munro discusses how the current cost-of living crisis coupled with a desire to tackle climate change, has encouraged consumers to buy and use electric cars. The post Are electric cars tackling climate change? appeared first on Innovation News Network.
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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2020
A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution.
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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea
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JANUARY 28, 2023
Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change? In fact, some 74 percent of those polled indicated they were already “proud of what [they are] currently doing” to combat climate change. For instance, recent U.S.
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New Report Concludes That Real Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Will Likely Be At Least 2-3X Greater Than Current Estimates
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2009
Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. Source: “Assessing the costs.” The amount of money on the table at Copenhagen is one of the key factors that will determine whether we achieve a climate change agreement.
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252 Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2018
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2022
Some will suffer greatly from climate change, while others may even benefit. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and José-Luis Cruz of Princeton University assesses the local social cost of carbon (LSCC) and how that cost aligns with the carbon reduction pledges countries made under the Paris Agreement.
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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change
Cars That Think
APRIL 21, 2022
Fortunately, we still have a narrow window of opportunity to alter the Earth’s climate path, and I believe we can do it. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences. Lives and businesses are being severely affected, and the cost of recovering after each event continues to mount.
Hyundai Motor to expand XCIENT fuel cell truck entry into US market
Green Car Congress
MAY 10, 2022
Our ultimate goal is to fight climate change and build a sustainable future. Fuel cell electric commercial vehicles enhance work efficiency and lower infrastructure cost compared to battery electric vehicles (BEV) by minimizing downtime with shorter refueling time. We are running out of time to limit global warming.
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U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2020
The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. This will come at the cost of deploying a large amount of renewable-based electricity, ‘smart’ infrastructure and behaviors.
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TU Dresden study on external costs of automotive transportation in Europe calls for internalization of the high external costs; raising user prices to change behavior
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 26, 2012
Average external costs from cars per 1,000 vkm by country. The low estimate is external costs of €258 billion (US$341 billion). The study focused on the larger environmental costs of car traffic (plus accident costs not covered by insurance)—i.e., The costs are in the same range as the costs for other effects.”
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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Of that $37 billion, health costs added up to $24 billion in 2015; the $24 billion represents the monetized sum of harmful emissions responsible for an estimated 220,000 work-loss days, more than 109,000 asthma exacerbations, hundreds of thousands of other respiratory impacts, and 2,580 premature deaths. in hidden health and climate costs.
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OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
Tax rates were below the low-end estimate of climate costs (EUR 30/tCO 2 ) for 97% of emissions. The report found that the share of emissions taxed above climate costs increased from 46% in 2012 to 50% in 2015, and rates exceed €50 per tCO 2 for 47% of emissions in 2015, compared to 37% in 2012. of emissions.
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Australia Hosts First Climate Change Adaptation Conference
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2010
The first international conference held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change begins in the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Center, Queensland, on 29 June. Professor Palutikof.
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Garnaut Climate Change Review issues first of 8 update papers in 2011; reaffirms decision-making framework and need for mitigation efforts
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2011
As commissioned by the Australian Government in 2010, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, led by Professor Ross Garnaut, has issued the first of a series of papers scheduled for this month and next updating the 2008 Climate Change Review. —2008 Climate Change Review. Earlier post.)
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Are public charging costs really putting the brakes on EV fleet sales?
My Energi
JUNE 7, 2024
Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, addresses concerns from the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) over rising public charging costs, questions whether high prices are really having a negative impact on vehicle sales, and explains the numerous solutions available for drivers to embrace more cost effective charging options.
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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)
Drive Electric
JUNE 19, 2023
Table 1: Chapter 9 Energy and Industry Table 2: Chapter 11 Transport Table 3: Climate Change Commission Recommendations Table 4: Drive Electrics Summary Recommendations Part B: Detailed response Introduction New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century. This will only intensify. 2 Transport).
Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2020
A new study by a team from San Jose State University and Stanford University has found that—even under heightened damage estimates—the additional mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C C (relative to 2.0 °C) C) are higher than the additional avoided damages this century under most parameter combinations considered.
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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2011
It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. Contributing to these costs is the problem of the nation’s aging infrastructure, which needs $2.2 Assess the cost of impacts to key infrastructure components.
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Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2013
A report published by Cambridge Econometrics and Ricardo-AEA concludes that overall, the cost of technologies required to meet proposed European 2020 CO 2 regulations for vehicles (95 g/km for cars and 147 g/km for vans) will be more than offset by the resultant fuel savings. Source: Cambridge Econometrics.Click to enlarge.
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Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. Earlier post.).
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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2010
This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Transaction Costs.
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218 IRENA: doubling global share of renewable energy by 2030 could save trillions annually from avoided expenditures on pollution and climate change
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2016
trillion annually by 2030—15 times more than the costs— according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 can save up to US$4.2
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Study finds culture influences response to climate change; consumption and reproduction
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2011
How people choose to consume resources and use contraception influences their responses to climate change, according to a new study by a team of psychologists. Carpool lanes decrease carbon dioxide emissions and lower costs of commuting. Howard, professor of psychology, University of Notre Dame. Swim, Janet K.;
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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2023
Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. Electrifying vehicles adds yet more weight. The researchers suggested that taxing heavy cars could be part of a solution, along with driving less, and other technology-based weight reductions efforts.
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459 MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy
Green Car Congress
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. times the cost of implementing a cap-and-trade program.
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Michael Jackson Comes Back From Dead to Blast L.A. Times Climate Change Coverage
Creative Greenius
JULY 6, 2009
Times isn’t a newspaper anymore, it’s an abusepaper that is part of the climate change problem, not part of the solution, said the still world popular entertainment legend. . Maybe Jim Tankersley has friends at Exxon/Mobil too and is looking for his next job after the Times stops breathing soon.
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Adaptation of rice shows use of symbiogenics as a new strategy for reducing impacts of climate change and catastrophes on plants
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2011
Rice—which provides nearly half the daily calories for the world’s population—could become better adapted to stresses resulting from climate change and some catastrophic events through what researchers are calling “symbiogenics”—symbiosis-altered gene expression. These findings, Redman et al. 0014823.
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German Hydrogen Vs Battery Trucking Study Much Better Than ICCT’s But Still Optimistic On Hydrogen Pathway Costs
CleanTechnica EVs
DECEMBER 6, 2023
In recent weeks, the International Council on Clean Transportation’s fatally flawed total cost of ownership for decarbonization of trucking in. continued] The post German Hydrogen Vs Battery Trucking Study Much Better Than ICCT’s But Still Optimistic On Hydrogen Pathway Costs appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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94 EPIC: state-level renewable electricity mandates increase electricity prices up to 17% over 12 years; cost more expensive than benefit
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2019
As states take the lead in confronting climate change, a flagship policy is often Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). A new study analyzing data from the 29 states and District of Columbia with mandatory RPS policies finds that the policies come at a high cost to consumers and are inefficient in reducing carbon emissions.
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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2011
A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The build-up of greenhouse bases in the atmosphere continues unabated, and its environmental and human costs are mounting. Innovation should become that focus. —Richard Lester.
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Study finds limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
In a study published in Nature Climate Change , an international research team reports finding limited evidence that individual or household rebates have increased public support for carbon taxes in Canada and Switzerland. Background. Mildenberger, M., Lachapelle, E., Harrison, K.
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CEC determines Diablo Canyon needed to support grid reliability
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2023
The determination comes as California is experiencing a substantial shift in conditions affecting the electric grid, which is transitioning to the state’s clean energy future, while confronting the impacts of climate change. This includes extreme heat and wildfires that threaten the grid with growing frequency and intensity.
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ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2009
The mean cost of cost of climate change for the four countries—Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam—under a “business-as-usual” scenario and if market and non-market impacts and catastrophic risks are all considered could be equivalent to losing 6.7%
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Study suggests economic stagnation no excuse for inaction on climate
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2013
Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. A paper on the study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1935.
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247 Exxon/Mobil Guilty of Climate Change Coverup. Now Ordered Out of Torrance 3 Years Sooner.
Creative Greenius
JULY 1, 2009
But now that I’ve found out they’re still lying and covering up their role in climate change and the size of their own carbon footprint, I’m going to have to get tougher with them. I initially gave Exxon/Mobil till 2020 to get out of Torrance and clean up their toxic mess here in my town.
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ICL model predicts lithium-ion batteries most competitive for storage applications by 2030
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2019
Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) developed a model to determine the lifetime costs (i.e., levelized cost)—as opposed to the investment cost—of 9 electricity storage technologies for 12 different applications between 2015 and 2050. An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Joule.
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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
This technology could lower the cost of low carbon hydrogen by over 20% and has become the basis for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) analysis. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen significantly. Contract value: £2.7
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Asian Development Bank Sees Increase In EV Sales In The Region, Recommends Strategies
CleanTechnica EVs
JULY 4, 2022
“Fully harness the EV momentum,” says the Asian Development Bank (ADD) in its “E-Mobility Options for ADB Developing Member Countries,” which both forecast and recommended the quick shift to electric vehicles in the region to stem both climate change issues and the rising cost of fuel.
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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2019
Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” Energy cost of metal production: This choice of vehicle comes with an energy cost too.
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409 Study finds V2G-capable electric school buses cost-effective with current technology; financial and environmental benefits
Green Car Congress
MAY 29, 2014
Electric school bus fleets with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities are cost-effective with today’s technology, and could save schools money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, according to a new study by a team at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).
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210 Cambridge study of near-term alternative London bus technologies finds lean-burn CNG most costly with greater climate impact than diesel
Green Car Congress
MAY 1, 2014
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have conducted a comprehensive environmental cost–benefit analysis of near-term alternative bus technologies. Although hybrid buses provide net GHG reductions and air quality improvements, associated costs are higher and more uncertain than emission retrofits. Cost-benefit.
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218 ICE car tax could go up as cost of charging shown to be competitive
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JULY 9, 2020
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recently released its latest progress report on the UK's emissions. Within it, higher tax on ICE vehicles and increasing EV numbers is recommended. This news comes as a study by Uswitch finds that charging an EV in the UK is still relatively inexpensive compared to its neighbouring countries.
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ZeroAvia & Otto Aviation partner to deliver first new airframe design with hydrogen-electric engine option
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2022
The Celera is an innovative new model of transcontinental aircraft, scalable to 19 passengers, that significantly improves the efficiency of flight and reduces the operational costs of flying as a result. This combination significantly expands the opportunities for private air transportation.
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