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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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According to the report, a four-hour private flight emits as much as the average person does in a year. The upside is that the private jet market is ideally suited to help bring about aviation’s Tesla moment, making hydrogen and electric planes a reality. —Andrew Murphy, Aviation Director at T&E.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle.

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Mars to deliver all those Twix and M&Ms via 300 electric heavy-duty trucks

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US behemoth food company Mars is looking to put 300 “heavy-duty” electric trucks into operation in Europe by 2030, in what it is calling the largest electrification of freight trucking in Europe ever. It, too, is investing about “a mid-six-figure euro amount in the installation,” Electrive reports. Get started here.

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One Tonne Life family reduces emissions down to level of 1.5 tonnes CO2 per person per year

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tonnes per person, per year, to just one tonne. tonnes per person, per year—a reduction level of 80%. Over a period of six months, the Lindells switched from their normal 1970s villa and ten-year-old cars to a brand-new, climate-smart wooden house from A-hus and a battery-powered Volvo C30 Electric. Earlier post.)

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EPA annual report on CO2, fuel economy and technology trends finds 2012 heading for all-time best; rapid adoption of new technologies

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report summarizing key trends in carbon dioxide emissions, fuel economy, and CO 2 - and fuel economy-related technology for gasoline- and diesel-fueled personal vehicles sold in the United States, from model years (MY) 1975 through 2012.

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What we don’t admit about carbon dioxide

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Intuitive misconceptions about this harmful gas slows EV adoption By PETER DOUGLAS: MEMBER, ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. The decision to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) over an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle involves several factors. Significant emission reductions have been there all along.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Factors such as size, population density, available fuels, types of businesses, climate, all play a role in both total and per capita emissions, the EIA noted. tonnes of CO 2 per person), followed by North Dakota (80.4 tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6 tonnes/person). tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6 tonnes/person).

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