The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

The company is only second to Tesla in achieving the highest fuel economy and the lowest CO2 emissions amongst major automakers. Hyundai's Environmental Progress Between 2017 and 2022, Hyundai has successfully reduced its CO2 emissions from 311 g/mi to 302 g/mi and improved its fuel economy from 28.6

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. —Ren et al.

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JUNE 15, 2011

On average, human activities put out in just three to five days the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide that volcanoes produce globally each year, according to Terrance Gerlach of the US Geological Survey (USGS). Gerlach’s findings are detailed in an article published today in Eos , the weekly newspaper of the Earth and space sciences.

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. Credit: ACS, Mulchandani and Brandt. Click to enlarge. decentralized.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a highly selective nanoporous silver catalyst capable of electrochemically reducing carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide with 92% efficiency. The carbon monoxide then can be used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals. Qi Lu, Jonathan Rosen, Yang Zhou, Gregory S.

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Teslarati

JULY 12, 2022

The article noted that a high EV adoption rate isn’t just good news for our planet. The study , published in 2021 in Nature Communications, noted that adding 4,434 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 was equivalent to the lifetime emissions of 3.5 The article pointed to Tesla’s recent Impact Report.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

Indian Oil also stated that it is aiming to achieve its net-zero operational emissions target by 2046, aligning with the country’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality for the country by 2070. New Delhi: Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Japan’s Panasonic Energy Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that a metabolic pathway previously only suggested to be functional in photosynthetic organisms is actually a major pathway and can enable efficient conversion of carbon dioxide to organic compounds. There are two aspects that are important in this discovery.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

The global steel industry is responsible for around 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and more than half of all production takes place in China. Some EAF facilities have been forced to turn to pig iron as a feedstock, making production more carbon intensive.

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DECEMBER 30, 2009

The reaction for carbon dioxide splitting into carbon monoxide with aromatic aldehydes as oxygen acceptors. Carbon dioxide, however, is highly stable, and splitting the O=C(O) bond to generate carbon monoxide requires large energy input. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja909038t. Credit: ACS, Gu and Zhang. Gu and Zhang.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Further, Equinor plans to reduce its net carbon intensity by at least 50% by 2050 by deploying CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) and hydrogen technologies. #2 Repsol and BP have also set 2050 as their deadline for net-zero carbon emissions but have mostly been vague about their Scope 3 strategies. 2 Total SA.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Variations in atmosphere carbon dioxide around 40 million years ago were tightly coupled to changes in global temperature, according to new findings published in the journal Science. Algae use photosynthesis to harvest the energy of the sun, converting carbon dioxide and water into the organic molecules required for growth.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

million the US Department of Energy recently awarded to carbon capture and storage research projects, $5.9 It is clear, that without displacement of a carbon intensive energy source, CO 2 -EOR systems will result in net carbon emissions. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es902006h. Of the $21.6 million was for EOR projects.

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JUNE 7, 2016

With formic acid, the aim was to transform it into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, which could really lend itself to the important practical applications of hydrogen energy in the transport sector. The team was able to identify and orchestrate the exact catalyst that would effectively manipulate a strict hydrogen/carbon dioxide-only production.

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MAY 2, 2017

Jian Wei, Qingjie Ge, Ruwei Yao, Zhiyong Wen, Chuanyan Fang, Lisheng Guo, Hengyong Xu & Jian Sun (2017) “Directly converting CO 2 into a gasoline fuel” Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15174 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15174.

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Supercharged EV

JANUARY 6, 2021

Found an article on Forbes from 2015 already stating at that time that as long as people are buying and driving cars, Teslas are excellent choices regarding carbon emissions. 2-before anyone says "But electricity is generated from coal!", they took that into account too --> it's included in the 53% overall reduction. Convinced ?

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 27, 2021

The production-weighted annual carbon footprint of all domestic and imported SUVs has improved by an impressive 33 percent since its worst year, in 1995, but in 2019 the average U.S. car SUV still emitted annually about 15 percent more CO2 than a car. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "SUVs Ascendant.".

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

kg of mineral carbonate aggregate of a specific size class. Two types of mineral carbonate aggregate were tested, one being aragonitic coral fragments and the other calcitic limestone from a local quarry. After full equilibration with air, he found that up to 85% of the captured carbon was retained in solution—i.e.,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Zeta’s sulfurized carbon material leverages the high energy density of sulfur, while preventing the “polysulfide shuttle” effect. Lithium-sulfur batteries also have the lowest CO2 footprint of any lithium-based batteries and are less vulnerable to thermal runaway, the release added.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2010

Transforming CO 2 into methane, the most reduced form of carbon, under homogeneous conditions can be accomplished using silanes as the reducing reagents. Krause and Hairong Guan (2010) An Efficient Nickel Catalyst for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with a Borane. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja103982t.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 15, 2021

Before getting into the article, let’s get to know about the pollution caused by the logistics sector alone in India. Currently, the share of CO2 emissions from logistics is around 7% of the total CO2 emissions in India, which will grow rapidly as “Make in India” is currently being implemented rapidly.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Their approach consists of splitting carbon dioxide to form carbon monoxide and oxygen in two distinct steps. Energy Fuels , Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ef101092u. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2014

97% carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. CCRP has recently established new goals for coal power with carbon capture. This corresponds to a cost of capture of $40 per tonne and will enable coal power with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to be economically deployed. Background.

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JULY 15, 2009

An unusual bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air may provide new possibilities for dealing with global warming. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ic802454w. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Climate Change. The CO 3 -2 group is shown in the center. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Tossell (2009). Resources.

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JUNE 7, 2009

COFs (covalent organic frameworks)—thermally stable and highly functional crystalline organic networks—are among the most porous and the best adsorbents for hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide, according to a new study by Professor Omar Yaghi and postdoc Hiroyasu Furukawa at the Center for Reticular Chemistry at UCLA.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade, according to an addendum to an earlier study outlining a method for updating global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Global CO 2 emissions decreased 1.3% The decrease in emissions follow the decrease in the global economy.

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, JSW Group said, “Since our Prime Minister announced at the Glasgow COP26 meeting that India strives to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, JSW Group’s new EV Policy is a unique initiative leading to increased adoption of EVs in India and enabling access to green mobility.

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MAY 2, 2010

This global climate change problem becomes manageable only if society deals quickly with emissions of carbon dioxide from burning coal in electric power plants, they state. In addition, there needs to be a substantial rising fee on carbon emissions, so as to generate innovations in alternative energy and energy efficiency technologies.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Not all carbon dioxide emissions are equal. According to the study, the domes of increased carbon dioxide concentrations cause local temperature increases that in turn increase the amounts of local air pollutants, raising concentrations of health-damaging ground-level ozone, as well as particles in urban air. Jacobson, 2010.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books.

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2022

The legislation is part of a larger legislative package called “ Fit for 55 ,” a plan that has the interim goal of cutting CO2 emissions in Europe by 55% by 2030. The plan has the ultimate goal of making the EU carbon neutral by 2050. What do you think of the article? Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

An online tracking platform will share the campaign’s impact through data such as vehicle kilometres electrified, carbon savings, criteria pollutant savings and other benefits from clean delivery vehicles. Also, read related article: NITI Aayog releases handbook to guide EV charging infrastructure in India. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

And hence, while electric vehicles themselves produce zero carbon emissions, charging them increases the amount of electricity generated from fossil fuel energy sources such as coal. So the net effect is that every day that passes, EVs are increasingly charged from energy sources that emit fewer carbon emissions and pollutants.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We will be looking at some of them in this article. The batteries for electric vehicles and for other appliances cells are assembled in modules and packs which depends on what materials these are made of and how they are manufactured, also affect the battery’s CO2 footprint and climate impact. the battery management system.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. For example, the study found that the availability of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has a major impact on the lowest cost passenger vehicle fuel and technology choice.

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The company CEO Akio Toyoda said that “I believe that achieving carbon neutrality means realizing a world in which all people living on this planet continue to live happily. For that challenge, we need to reduce CO2 emissions as much as possible, as soon as possible.” million units by the end of the decade.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

The reforming unit in the study comprises both steam reforming of methane (SRM) and carbon dioxide reforming of methane (CDR) processes to form syngas for the FT unit. It is also pointed out that the CO 2 generated from combustion of vent gas to heat up the reformer can be properly reused as a carbon source for the reformer.

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