Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

IHS Markit places the global peak for oil demand (gasoline and diesel) from LVs in 2019 when the demand averaged 29.1 Demand peaking is due to the impact of rising vehicle fuel economy and emission standards, and as time goes by, from more sales of electric vehicles. of world oil demand in 2020. of world oil consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

stake in Biojet AS , a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions biofuels and biofuel components. The agreement with Biojet AS advances ExxonMobil’s efforts to provide lower-emissions products for the transportation sector. ExxonMobil is acquiring a 49.9%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% Global energy consumption grew by 2.5% Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% globally, and 8.4% Source: BP.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The new Duramax engine was engineered in Europe and the US, with global application as one of its developmental objectives. The new Duramax engine is Euro-4 compliant and can be upgraded to meet Euro-5, -6 and US emission standards. Better efficiency also means better reliability, economy as well as lower emission levels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Honda 0 Saloon concept Although it’s unclear what level of emissions devices these vehicles do have on them, motorcycles and small internal-combustion engines have been in some respects a bigger problem than cars and trucks, because emissions controls for smaller engines generally aren’t as extensive as in passenger cars.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2017

Natural gas vehicles were first promoted starting in about 2000 as a way to reduce reliance on imported oil and cut tailpipe emissions. Their promise appeared to grow near the height of the global financial crisis, when gas prices hovered around $4 per gallon across much of the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2012

Bitumen production from the Canadian oil sands provides a point of reference that could be used to observe and better manage the land and water impacts of a rapid transition to unconventional fuels, suggests Dr. Sarah Jordaan of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. Without the projected gains in efficiency, global energy demand could have risen by more than 100%. Source: ExxonMobil.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

All future Maersk owned newbuildings will have dual fuel technology installed, enabling either carbon-neutral operations or operation on standard very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO). Moller - Maersk’s ambition is to lead the way in decarbonizing global logistics.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs are a category of pollutants which remain in the atmosphere for a relatively brief period, but have global warming potentials that are much higher than those of CO 2. SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

While natural gas can reduce greenhouse emissions when it is substituted for higher-emission energy sources, abundant shale gas is not likely to substantially alter total emissions without policies targeted at greenhouse gas reduction, according to a new study by two researchers at Duke University. —Newell and Raimi.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The research also confirmed REG Life Sciences technology is capable of achieving substantial reductions of full-lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional diesel fuel. ExxonMobil is also actively researching other emission-reducing technologies, including algae biofuels and carbon capture and sequestration.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates in the April 2010 release of its Short-Term Energy and Summer Fuels Outlook that CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels, which declined by 6.6% However, even with increases in 2010 and 2011, projected CO 2 emissions in 2011 are lower than annual emissions from 1999 through 2008.

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2008 2010 Emissions Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2009

World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) per day, according to a Worldwatch Institute analysis. In the first half of the year, producers strained to meet global demand, but when the recession took hold later in the year the market was swamped by excess supply.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The initiative is sponsored by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which established the disclosure and reporting framework used by 2,500 of the world’s largest companies to report carbon emissions. During the same period, Ford cut energy use at its global facilities by 34% and CO 2 emissions by 44%. billion gallons.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state. Settlement.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The draft strategy describes proposed actions the State will take to move forward aggressively to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). However, the draft notes, recent studies have shown that black carbon plays a far greater role in global warming than previously believed.

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Pollution Climate California Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Gas-flaring countries and trends. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The new booklet— Signals & Signposts —updates the company’s thinking by taking into account the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. The recession interrupted the oil and commodity price boom but it may return. This decisive shift is transforming the global economic and political system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

The study shows that Americans face the risk of a 70% increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050, assuming continued greenhouse gas emissions with resultant significant warming (IPCC Scenario A2 and RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 8.5.). Preliminary global mean CO 2 concentrations in February 2014 were 398.06

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Ozone Climate Change Pollution Climate 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Petrochemicals are rapidly becoming the largest driver of global oil demand. Petrochemicals are set to account for more than a third of the growth in world oil demand to 2030, and nearly half the growth to 2050, adding nearly 7 million barrels of oil a day by then. Source: IEA.

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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. This will offset any expected efficiency gains and lead to an increase in emissions by 2050, not a reduction.

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Emissions CO2 Alternative Fuels Climate Change 255

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2009

An important analytical issue that needs to be addressed, the report notes, is the lack of lifecycle assessment studies focusing on a wider set of environmental impact indicators than greenhouse gas emissions. World ethanol production for transport fuel tripled between 2000 and 2007 from 17 billion to more than 52 billion liters (13.7

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Ozone Water Emissions Oil 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

If offshore installation and maintenance costs are to some considerable degree attributable to the burning of fuel oil in vessels, associated pollution is important. In the general case, global emissions of greenhouse gases, nitrogen and sulfur compounds, and particulates from shipping activities are significant and growing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

The draft report says that as the global economy’s center of gravity shifts toward Asia, the region could account for about half of global output in 2050, up from the current 27%, as well as half of global trade and investment. If these events occur, Asia would account for only 32%, or $61 trillion, of global GDP in 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

Emission control comes via exhaust gas recirculation, a diesel particulate filter and an oxidation catalytic converter. The engine meets the requirements of the Euro 5b+ emissions standard as they currently stand. It is already ready for the future Euro 6 emissions standard. torque 230 N·m at 1500–2000 rpm.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

In comparison with the previous V6, the CO 2 emissions from the engine have been reduced by around 15%. The stepped bowl has a positive effect on the combustion process, the thermal loading of critical areas of the pistons and the introduction of soot into the engine oil.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

The E-KIZUNA Project, managed by the city in collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders, aims to help fight global warming and realize a sustainable, low-carbon society through the popularization of electric vehicles. (In Through the E-KIZUNA Project, Honda aims to reduce household CO 2 emissions to half of year 2000 levels by 2015.

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Honda Gas-Electric Gas Engine 261

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

reported a breakthrough in their joint research ( earlier post ) into advanced biofuels involving the modification of an algae strain that more than doubled its oil content without significantly inhibiting the strain’s growth. Slower growth has been an adverse effect of previous attempts to increase algae oil production volume.

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Production Oil Carbon Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), and EPA is proposing national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards under the Clean Air.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

Such a vehicle could reduce gasoline consumption for the average American by 50 percent to 70 percent and reduce automobile emissions well in excess of emissions that might result from the additional use of power plants. When that prolonged oil crisis occurs, Americans will pay anything because they will have no choice.

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Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1%

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Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2011

This enables the company to reduce the environmental footprint of its manufacturing operations with significant reductions in CO 2 emissions and natural gas consumption. plant alone will decrease by 40 billion BTUs and prevent nearly 2000 tons of CO 2 emissions from entering the atmosphere annually.

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