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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

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WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. Globally, road traffic injuries killed 135,000 children under 15 years in 2012.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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Boris has spoken and started the end of the petrol engine in the UK. Under Boris’s new Green plan, the sale of new combustion engine vehicles, that are powered wholly by Petrol or Diesel will be banned from 2030. More on this later, but on producing hydrogen from water, there is a major drawback.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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To put it another way, instead of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity, these two components are joined to make water and electricity The electricity is then utilized to power the car’s drive train, leaving just water as a waste product. Why Fuel cells are Preferred?

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

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a collaboration that could see the Taiwanese firm building Fisker electric cars for global markets beginning in 2023. . – February 26, via BusinessInsider. Fisker Partners With Foxconn – Apple contract manufacturer Foxconn is partnering with Fisker Inc., – February 26, via The Driven. . – February 26, via Electrek.

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Audi partner Joule announces its CO2-recycled ethanol meets US and Euro specs; $40M financing

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Unlike processes requiring the fermentation of sugars from corn, cellulose or other biomass materials, Joule uses engineered biocatalysts to recycle industrial CO 2 emissions directly into ethanol, avoiding the use of crops, arable land and fresh water. This will lead to the longer-term build-out of a 1,000-acre plant to begin in 2017.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

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So LTO is good for petrol-battery hybrid cars, which end up having relatively small batteries. There are five buildings in the research park. The other two buildings house incubation cells and whole variety of areas and also has the common facilities areas like auditorium, amphitheater, food-court and a hotel.