Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The report estimates consumption to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016. Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. About two-thirds of China’s methanol feedstock is produced from coal and the remainder from coking gas (a by-product of steel production) and natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

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Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. In 2012, PwC made two key changes to the assumptions in previous model versions: Delaying the start of commercial CCS at scale from 2016 to 2021. a year from now to 2050.

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Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry. And I wasn’t interested in selling solar based on, “Hey it prevents oil,” you know. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. Yeah, that’s right.

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Solar Installation California Building 210