Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2020
billion gallons of biodiesel was produced in the United States in 2018 with production in 34 states, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Iowa was the lead producer with 365 million gallons (19%), followed by Texas and Missouri with 227 and 216 million gallons, respectively. A total of 1.9
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2018
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered new details about biomolecules that retard oil production in plants. The biomolecule central to this study is the enzyme Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase), which determines the rate of oil production. —John Shanklin.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
The range of regional greenhouse gas (GHG) intensities of electricity in the US is represented by comparing results from low-carbon California to relatively high-carbon Missouri. The technique accounts for upstream impacts, such as emissions from manufacturing the batteries or refining oil into diesel fuel.
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