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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2011 more than doubles estimates of US shale gas resources; higher production at lower prices

Green Car Congress

Among the transportation-related updates going into AEO2011, the EIA increased the limit for blending ethanol into gasoline for approved vehicles from 10% to 15%, as a result of the waiver granted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in October 2010. Energy consumption for aircraft increases from 2.7 quadrillion Btu in 2009 to 3.1

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Study suggests city center pollution doubles risk of calcium build-up in arteries

Green Car Congress

We tend to take for granted that governments will ensure that our air and water is clean and will not adversely impact our health. The developed world has moved on a long way from the problems of industrial smog and domestic coal-burning of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, to the point where our urban air now looks clean and healthy.

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Part of Elon Musk’s $15B tax bill will likely end up helping the fossil fuel industry

Teslarati

The remaining 20% is allocated for coal. The US government takes money from the person who heads the electric car company and spends it on fossil fuel support. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20% currently allocated to coal and 80% to natural gas and crude oil,” the EESI wrote. .

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Grant Davis is a Managing Director at New York Life Investments.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

So what I’m seeing as a result of what you’re telling me If there was a smart politician down south here there is a wide open position for the person who wants to lead the cavalry charge down here. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. And at sub $3 you’re cheaper than coal. All of a sudden it was on fire.

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‘EVs will kill us all’ – Why are haters so obsessed with electric vehicles?

EV Central

In Vermont, they actually passed a law demanding that an motor vehicle must be accompanied by a person walking in front of it at all times, waving a red flag. Now look, I don’t want to be as horrifically one eyed and blatantly agenda setting as Mr Lomborg, so I’ll grant you he makes some valid points.