Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Of the four end-use sectors, only transportation emissions increased in 2015 (+2.1%). The downward pressure on emissions was slightly offset by an uptick in transportation energy consumption that was influenced by lower fuel prices that put upward pressure on emissions. decline in energy intensity (Btu/GDP). from 2014 levels.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (Gt CO 2 eq)—comparable to total current annual emissions from transport, estimated at around 6-7 Gt annually. W m -2 relative to 2000. Climate and the Ozone Layer. By 2050, the buildup of HFCs is projected to increase radiative forcing by up to 0.4

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Climate Ozone Emissions Transportation 287

Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. That was Singh’s job when he joined the company’s advanced power-electronics department in 2011 as a senior staff engineer.

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Engine Power Powered New Zealand 79

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Carbon intensity changes in the electric power and industrial end use sectors. In 2009, the carbon intensity of the electric power sector decreased by nearly 4.3%, primarily due to fuel switching as the price of coal rose 6.8% The average decline in energy intensity from 2000 to 2008 was 2.0%. Transportation.

2009 239

2009 Emissions Carbon Transportation 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

ships and spare parts”—to the total life cycle impacts of offshore wind power. Future LCA research on offshore wind power should strive to develop detailed inventories for installation and maintenance life cycle phases while ensuring transparency in the reporting of materials. NO x , SO 2 and particulates). —Arvesen et al.

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Wind Parts Power Powered 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Global sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions peaked in the early 1970s and decreased until 2000, with an increase in recent years due to increased emissions in China, international shipping, and developing countries in general, according to a new analysis appearing in the open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Credit: Smith et al.

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2005 2000 Emissions China 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2014

Improvements in combustion technology and changes in fuel composition had led to an increase in energy use efficiency, and subsequently a decline of BC emission intensities in power plants, the residential sector, and transportation. Climate Change Emissions Health' in Europe and from 0.06

2007 268

2007 Emissions Carbon Global 268

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The emissions increase in the United States in 2013 (+2.5%) was mainly due to a shift in power production from gas back to coal together with an increase in gas consumption due to a higher demand for space heating. According to national statistics, in 2013 total oil consumption in transport increased somewhat by 0.5%, relative to 2012 levels.

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2013 Emissions Global CO2 240

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. But natural gas production and consumption has higher emissions than renewables and nuclear power. —Newell and Raimi.

Climate 199

Climate Gas Coal Gas-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

Warmer temperatures and other changes in the atmosphere related to a changing climate, including higher atmospheric levels of methane, spur the chemical reactions that lead to ozone. To examine the impacts of climate change on ozone pollution, NCAR scientist Gabriele Pfister and her colleagues looked at two scenarios.

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Ozone Climate Change Pollution Climate 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. With the reduction in on-road black carbon, regulators are turning to focus on off-road mobile, fuel combustion in the industrial and power sectors, and woodstoves and fireplaces.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In the US alone, oil reserves have expanded 59% between 2000 and 2014, and natural gas reserves have expanded 94% in the same time. Currently only 12% of fossil fuel-based power plants are sufficiently green that electric vehicles powered by them are responsible for fewer emissions than a Toyota Prius.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

These shares are based on the BP convention of 38% average thermal power conversion efficiency for converting renewable electricity production to primary energy. Japan (4%). Although still very small, their share is increasing with accelerating speed: it took 12 years since 1992 to double the share from 0.5% of all energy.

2011 236

2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

Electric Auto Association

APRIL 1, 2021

“There’s definitely change on the horizon,” said Sinclair, who is a member of both the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of Women of Electric Vehicles (WEV) , as well as EV Gals, a smaller, Bay Area-only group. The idea of running out of power and getting stranded on the side of the road can be terrifying to women for safety reasons.

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San Francisco Minivan Purchase Gas-Electric 94

Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2024

Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the global water crisis, which is compounded by the climate crisis.

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Engine Climate Change Climate Future 97

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A new brief published by the International Transport Forum (ITF)—an intergovernmental organization at the OECD with 59 member countries— identifies proven measures that decrease road freight’s CO 2 emissions. Scale up tested and low-barrier decarbonization measures for road freight transport.

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Emissions CO2 Alternative Fuels Climate Change 255

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%. —Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. a year from now to 2050.

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Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The proposals are part of a £250m strategy, seen by the Guardian, spelling out a revolution in Britains road transport network based on ultra-low carbon vehicles. Something like 35% of all our carbon emissions are caused by domestic transport," he said. "Of The new breed of electric car. My Web del.icio.us My Web del.icio.us

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Environment Electric Cars Cars 2009 51

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

Since 2009, ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics have been partners in researching and developing oil from algae to be used as a renewable, lower-emission alternative to traditional transportation fuels. Since 2000, ExxonMobil has spent about $8 billion to develop and deploy lower-emission energy solutions across its operations.

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Production Oil Carbon Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

To continue to decrease CO 2 emissions from the transportation of vehicles from its plants to dealers. The project is an early result of an ongoing companywide evaluation aimed at increasing the use of renewable energy to meet its power needs. Significantly to reduce the CO 2 intensity and water use of its manufacturing operations.

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Honda Green North America Manufacturer 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 1,960 tonnes of mercury arising from human activities are currently emitted annually into the atmosphere, generated mainly by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)—the largest single anthropogenic source globally—and coal- or lignite-fired power plants.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Buckled train tracks and sagging power lines interrupted much of the city’s passenger train service, and residents were advised to conserve water. Although Victoria Premier John Brumby had expressed confidence in the resilience of the city’s power systems, blackouts affected as many as half a million of the city’s residents at a time.

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Australia Climate Change Water 2009 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

Average per capita light-duty vehicle (LDV) transport CO 2. Per capita transport CO 2 emissions are decomposed into the product of two terms: per capita LDV use (horizontal axis, veh-km person -1 yr -1 ) and propulsion carbon intensity (vertical axis, g CO 2 veh-km -1 ). persons per vehicle, typical of European averages in 2000.

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Light Vehicles Climate Emissions 252

Drive Electric

MAY 16, 2023

PART A: INTRODUCTION About us Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand as part of the effort to decarbonise transport. The case for an EV Charging Strategy New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century.

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Future Charging New Zealand Installation 52

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g.,

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 99

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

We should continue to adopt policies to reduce transportation energy demand and emissions, while using our evolving information base to assess and reassess which options have the greatest leverage. —John Heywood. More research, development, and demonstration studies are needed to lay the foundation for such a long-term transformation.

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MIT Transportation Climate Energy 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. But in the current economic climate their support has dropped a notch. Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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Economy Los Angeles Climate Change 2008 170