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JANUARY 25, 2023

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. Riofrancos et al.

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Batteries Battery Vehicles Cars 397

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AUGUST 31, 2011

World ethanol and biodiesel production, 1975-2010. Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. —Alexander Ochs, Director of Worldwatch’s Climate and Energy Program.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The US reached separate agreements with the G-20 and with China to address the rapid growth in the use and release of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Left unabated, HFC emissions could grow to nearly 20% of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, a serious climate mitigation concern.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

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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Li-ion Chile Petrol Sodium 59

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

million units—a 10% drop from 2013; with politics impairing Argentina and Venezuela, and the economic climate weighing down markets like Brazil, Chile and Peru, where it may take a few years for demand to recover to previous highs. Uncertainty lingers over Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela for 2015. million units.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. “Toyota is taking a step on its own to secure the materials it needs to ensure stable production.&#.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

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. —“Alternative Fuels for Shipping”.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Gas-Electric Mariner 231