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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. Partnering with IRENA, the U.N.,

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark.

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CleanTechnica Reader Survey — Win An eBike!

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Thank you for reading CleanTechnica and sharing our articles with your friends and family. It is because of you that we exist and because of you that we’re moving the needle on climate change solutions. If we had a nickel for every person who’s told us that they did [fill in […]. Readers, we love you.

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CleanTechnica Reader Survey — Win An eBike!

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Thank you for reading CleanTechnica and sharing our articles with your friends and family. It is because of you that we exist and because of you that we’re moving the needle on climate change solutions. If we had a nickel for every person who’s told us that they did [fill in […]. Readers, we love you.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. Chang & Jessika E.

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Taming the Climate Is Far Harder Than Getting People to the Moon

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This article appears in the October 2022 print issue as “Decarbonization Is Our Greatest Challenge.”. The costs will be stupendous. Affluent nations would have to devote on the order of 15 to 20 percent of their annual economic product to the task of decarbonizing the economy.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Simply put, if a person is intentionally putting themselves in danger by participating in illegal driving behaviors, no driver-monitoring system would be enough. Don’t hesitate to contact us for news tips.

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