Remove Building Remove Comparison Remove Fuel Alternative Remove Pollution
article thumbnail

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

In the United States, most of our use of fossil fuels is for transportation. Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants.

article thumbnail

Researchers Propose New Method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment; Transportation Fuels as a Case Study

Green Car Congress

Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)—a tool to assess the affect of an item on the environment—broadly consists of two main stages: building a model of all the inputs and outputs of all the constituent processes (inventory analysis); and then interpreting the resulting data (impact assessment). Click to enlarge. Central weights box and whisker plots.