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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

Green Car Congress

A maximum concentration of 450 ppm carbon dioxide (~550 ppm CO 2 equivalent) in the Earth’s atmosphere is commonly cited as the limit at which average temperatures can be held at 2 ºC, and many emissions reduction proposals are based upon these two “upper bounds” targets. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures.

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Could Sucking Up the Seafloor Solve Battery Shortage?

Cars That Think

The supply of metals like cobalt, copper, lithium, and nickel needed for batteries is already shaky , and soaring demand for the hundreds of millions of batteries in the coming decades is likely to trigger shortage and high prices. China processes about 80 percent of battery raw materials, creating a chokehold on global supplies.

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