Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40% higher in 2008 than in 1990. If the surface is covered with water, methane-producing bacteria break down the organic matter. Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, 1980-2010, as compared to baseline scenarios used by the IPCC to.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and. The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

The largest global oil shale deposits—estimated to be equivalent to 1,500 Gbbl oil equivalent—are found in the Green River formation of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. The ATP retort has lower water requirements than previous surface retort designs, and can also utilize fine particles, thus reducing shale waste. Credit: ACS.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

April 24, 2009 The Japan Patent Office conducted a survey on trends in global patent applications related to electric vehicles (EVs) and other "electric propulsion vehicles" and announced that about 70 percent of the applications were filed by Japanese applicants. by: Tech-On! by: Tech-On! The number nearly doubled from 9,034 in 1995 to 2000.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The LT1 is a sweetheart of a power plant and drivers will feel its tremendous torque and power at every notch on the tachometer —Sam Winegarden, vice president, Global Powertrain Engineering. Below 4,000 rpm, the torque of the Corvette LT1 is comparable to that of the legendary, 7.0L LS7 out of the current Corvette Z06. 2014 LT1 6.2L

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

In Manhattan Beach I’ve been watching the four committees of the ETF present their recommendations for the city council on water, waste, building and climate change. The EPN has been around since 2001 and to be honest, I should have gotten involved with them a long time ago. Geoff Dolan, City Manager of Manhattan Beach.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4 ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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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% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Aside from a box lunch, a couple of bottles of water and two absolutely delicious chocolate chip cookies, GCC received no compensation, expense reimbursement or branded merchandise from GM to attend the event. Chevrolet is a global value leader. Establishing four core brands. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

Using 2008 estimates from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) as well as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Tate and Savagian note that global primary energy use is projected to rise by 50% over the next 22 years, with worldwide vehicle population increasing by 60% over the same period of time. Pete Savagian.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The study led by University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor Adam Liska, funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Indago flies above structures engulfed in flames and maps out the hot zones, on which K-Max then drops flame retardant or water. The activity won him the university’s President’s Circle Award in 2001. K-Max and one of Lockheed Martin’s small UAVs, the Indago , have been used to fight fires.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

According to The Economist , the “global scramble to secure supplies of lithium by the world’s largest battery producers, and by end-users such as carmakers”, among other things, has seen the price of lithium carbonate imported to China more than double just in November and December of last year alone, when it reached an amazing $13,000 per ton.

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Plug in America

DECEMBER 17, 2020

“I’ve had solar hot water since 1985 and solar electric since 1990,” he says. “I haven’t paid for electricity for my house or my EV since 2001,” he says. Thirty years, DOS. Ed, we bow and curtsey to your greatness. . “I’ve had to pay the electric meter charge, but not a penny for the actual energy.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2011

The insured losses, around US$60 billion, were also nearly five times greater than the average since 2001. For instance, globally, loss-related floods have more than tripled since 1980, and windstorm natural catastrophes more than doubled, with particularly heavy losses from Atlantic hurricanes.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective. Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water. In 1999 Bill Gates penned a moving tribute to the Wright brothers.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

Energy Market Authority (EMA) was formed on 1 April 2001 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry to forge a secure, long-term electricity industry that thrives on healthy competition. The EV taskforce was set up to assess the benefits and applicability of adopting EVs in Singapore. Energy Market Authority.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

I began our interview by asking Lillian about the early days of EPN which she helped found in 2001. What was your environmental priority in 2001 and what is it today? We covered: global warming, nuclear power, clean air, smart growth, globalization and the environment. They coined that name. True, they are all related.

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