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OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

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OptiFuel Systems has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Argentina Ministry of Transportation through Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE). Argentina has prioritized government and public investment to grow the share of freight shipped by rail throughout the country. —Scott Myers, President of OptiFuel.

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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

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Some level of mining is necessary to build out zero-emission energy systems, the report concedes, but notes that the volume of extraction is not a given. The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. This boom in demand would be met by the expansion of mining.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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emissions for a century or more. In contrast to the corrective trend observed in the United States, where streets have become more connected since the late 20 th century, we find that most of the world is building ever-more disconnected “street-network sprawl.” —Christopher Barrington-Leigh.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 Also EV’s have another advantage, as the grid gets cleaner your EV will emit less and less emissions.

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DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

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Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. While renewable energy, particularly solar and wind, may have some potential to mitigate carbon emissions, this is not seen as a viable large-scale alternative for commercial shipping. Source: DNV GL. Click to enlarge.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. This is the sum of the emissions from raw materials, production, shipping, operation and end-of-life disposal – not just how clean it is to operate.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. For this reason, it’s not only the carbon emissions from using your vehicle to take into consideration but also the manufacturing process.