Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I think that, along with similar efforts by consultancies like the Rhodium Group and Energy Innovation , we provided important real-time information for stakeholders inside and outside the negotiations as to what its likely impact would be and whether it was strong enough. You need a bigger grid to supply that electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Transaction Costs. ALTERNATIVES TO OFFSETS.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

This article discusses the process by which the UN approves carbon offsets and the flaws associated with this process. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report (2007). THE APPROVAL PROCESS. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. 100% for some agricultural processes. CONCLUSION.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

In an article “Falling thirst for Fuel Leaves Ethanol Enthusiasts with a Hangover” published on 4 May 2009, The Wall Street Journal summarized three of the challenges traditional corn ethanol faces today. And like McDonalds, which caters to the local group by changing its menu, we can do that too. ”. The ethanol market.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. These issues are self-contained to the auto itself.”

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., Slated for a July 2011 start, it would regulate 1000 of the country's biggest polluters and 75 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. What do environmental groups think of PHEVs? Please see the related Hybridcars.com article Are Hybrid Batteries Toxic? This group is closed to new members.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Advocacy groups argue the task force’s assessment is shortsighted and worry that the Volt project may land in the scrap heap as G.M. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. rolls toward bankruptcy.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

There is no pollution to speak of with these plants. Oil burning is one of the single biggest sources of pollution coming from the whole state. Clean base load energy is particularly important since that is usually generated by nukes, burning coal or, in the case of Hawaii, oil. Another 5% comes from wind and 5% from hydro.

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Hawaii Renewable Energy San Francisco 100

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 10, 2024

The groups had claimed that forcing electrification would hamper commerce by encouraging residents to purchase more vehicles from neighboring territories and were limiting residents freedom of choice. That effectively makes this piece an addendum to our recent Gas War article pertaining to the Californian emissions waiver.

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New Mexico Mexico Dealers Cars 90

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good. — Kaare Nilsen 2.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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