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Dr. James Hansen Has Something To Tell You

Creative Greenius

This just in from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi , via her blog (thanks to Joe Romm of Climate Progress ). Today, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent the following letter to the Acting Architect of the Capitol, Stephen T. Ayers, asking that the Capitol Power Plant (CPP) use 100 percent natural gas for its operations.

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Why Do Japanese Automakers Like Hydrogen Power?

The Truth About Cars

Presently, the vast majority of hydrogen is produced using coal or natural gas as feedstocks. That makes it incredibly energy inefficient and results in a lot of extra pollution. Germany even had to pivot back toward coal for energy production after realizing there was no way to build enough wind and solar farms.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Refining oil takes a huge amount of energy and generates even more pollution.

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Debunking the ‘Electric car is a coal car’ argument!

Plug In India

Team PluginIndia Even in 2023, we keep getting comments like these - ' ‘Electric cars use electricity which is generated by burning coal. There are lots of auto 'journalists' and random YouTubers who still talk about electric cars and coal power. They are worse than petrol cars." A power plant is tuned for efficiency.

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Electric Car Quotes: List of the Best Electric Vehicle Quotes

Get Electric Vehicle

Similar to the “ Electric Vehicle Glossay “, and the “ EV News sites and blogs “, this post would also be a growing list with the addition of new quotes! ” _ Elon Musk “Electric cars aren’t pollution free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.” Fort and Tesla.”

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. Give them the choice, and they’ll shift.

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Electric Scooter vs Petrol Scooter : Huge benefits for India

Plug In India

In the blog/video, we bust many myths and we show how electric scooters offer huge social and societal benefits for India. Video : ​Electric Scooter vs Petrol Scooter : Benefits for India Air Pollution An electric scooter runs on an electric motor which consumers power from a charged battery. It is terrible.

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