Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 23, 2010
After spending time in the Gulf, the Sierra Club's new executive director, Michael Brune, ponders getting off oil in "Create," his Sierra Magazine commentary. As detailed in "The Latest From the Labs," page 38, even the dirtiest electricity is cleaner than internal combustion. Source: Sierra Magazine ]. coal Sierra Club.
Creative Greenius
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books.
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 11, 2007
Slate, the online magazine, has an enviro Q&A column, The Green Lantern , that asks the question today. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal. The long tailpipe, and all that. Driving one still has an environmental cost, mostly associated with the use of Santa's most feared stocking-stuffer: 49.7
Creative Greenius
MAY 14, 2009
I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. Did you intern with Davidson?
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2010
According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. 100% for some agricultural processes. The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation , by Brian J.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. railways replacing cars and trucks, weatherizing homes, etc.),
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. If you charge with solar, is way less.
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