The Truth About Cars
JANUARY 23, 2024
Photo credit: Vadim Rodnev / Shutterstock.com Toronto has recently been identified as North America's most congested city, outpacing both New York and Mexico City according to the TomTom's annual traffic index. A Comparison Across North America When compared to other North American cities, Toronto's traffic issues are more pronounced.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 15, 2021
A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. —Francesco Pomponi.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2018
Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) that are assembled with alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) have several significant advantages in comparison to state-of-the-art proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). (1) 2) Oxidation of direct alcohol fuels (e.g., methanol and ethanol) is also significantly faster in AFCs. (3) Wei You, Kristina M.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2018
A study led by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health examined the release of vapors from gasoline station vent pipes, and found benzene emissions were 10 times higher than estimates used in setback regulations that determine how close schools, playgrounds, and parks can be to the facilities.
Cars That Think
APRIL 18, 2022
There is still a lot of work to be done,” says Jayson Marwaha , a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University. The Zurich University team hasn’t pursued the cultural components of Internet or mHealth tool acceptance further. Some researchers have tackled the issue of adapting mHealth tools to different cultures.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
An NREL report summarizing the 2011 Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell Workshop noted that: In comparison with PEMFCs, AMFCs offer the advantage of avoiding Pt or Pt group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts, one of the primary limitations in the commercial deployment of fuel cells. … Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2010
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bioacoustics Research Program (Ithaca, New York) will measure, characterize and evaluate the influences of construction and operation noises from Offshore Alternative Energy (OAE) activities on seasonally resident and migratory, acoustically active marine vertebrates.
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