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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. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
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APRIL 3, 2010
A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. The study was supported in part by the MIT Energy Initiative. Heywood et al., Taxes on motor vehicle fuels should be increased by $0.10
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2009
The MIT/RAND authors made a number of recommendations, based on their study: Measures designed to lower GHG emissions should be broad and place a price on GHG emissions, allowing economically efficient choices to be made across multiple sectors. Waitz (2009) Near-Term Feasibility of Alternative Jet Fuels (TR-554-FAA). Hileman, David S.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2009
On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Earlier post.)].
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AUGUST 17, 2021
He served in the Obama administration as the Founding Director of the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) (2009–2012), as the Acting Undersecretary for Energy (2011–2012), and as the Vice Chair of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (2014–2017). John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.
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JULY 13, 2023
in 1952 in solid-state physics, he joined MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory , in Lexington, Mass., His ability to cross disciplines started at MIT. “At The duo created a lithium-ion battery with lower voltage but also lower cost and greater safety. After Goodenough earned a Ph.D. as a researcher.
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JUNE 19, 2009
Source: DOE Hydrogen Program & Vehicle Technologies Program, 2009 Merit Review. Fuel cell system durability has improved and costs have been reduced through R&D, the ARB staff noted. Current estimates of Li-ion storage cost are $1,000/kWh, with DOE targeting a cost of $300/kWh by 2014. Earlier post.).
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