Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. Alfred Mann Foundation , a nonprofit organization that develops biomedical devices; he spun off the company Second Sight with three cofounders in 1998. Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Press/Alamy. Of course, it wasn’t that easy.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2009
ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Annual investment in the global renewables industry had grown from $16.5
Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2013
The LCA study was conducted consistent with the International Standards Organization (ISO) 14040 series, which stipulates four phases of an LCA: goal and scope definition; life-cycle inventory (LCI); life-cycle impact assessment (LCIA); and interpretation.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Although emissions from international shipping activities were excluded from the Kyoto Protocol process, a 2008 study by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimated that actual shipping emissions are as much as three times previous calculations, and may rise 30% by the year 2020 ( earlier post ).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Power and Associates 2004 report ]. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. While other national and international organizations have been supportive at government hearings, they havent yet begun to advocate for PHEVs. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) Coal-burning power plants do not lessen the greenhouse gas production and criteria pollutants increase.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal. Scenario No.
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