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Can We Harness Kinetic Energy to Reduce our Carbon Footprint?

Clean Fleet Report

Can We Harness Kinetic Energy to Reduce our Carbon Footprint? Questions & Answers from our friends at Earth Talk ® Can we harness kinetic energy to reduce our carbon footprint? – via email Harnessing kinetic energy as a means to reduce our carbon footprint is indeed a promising avenue for a sustainable future.

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2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid powertrain named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines List

Green Car Congress

The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. This is the first time that a plug-in hybrid powertrain has made the list. —Drew Winter, editor-in-chief, WardsAuto World magazine. The vehicle is powered by Hyundai’s 2.0-liter

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How to Maximize Benefits of PHEVs In Fleets

Green Fleet Magazine

Plug-in hybrid vehicles can reduce fleets’ carbon emissions as well as range anxiety. This analysis shows the positive impacts of proper PHEV use, and the negative environmental and financial consequences if your drivers aren’t plugging them in.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Using low-carbon fuels or biofuels as the source of heat energy to process lithium and manufacture li-ion batteries would cut carbon emissions by half as per world banks study. [4] Thier technical development unit has examined how the carbon footprint of electric cars in compares with that of internal combustion engines.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

Driivz

Real trees have a smaller carbon footprint than artificial ones, which can take 10 or more years to “pay” for themselves environmentally. Or make your own recyclable gift wrap by using newspapers, brown paper with twine, or magazine pages. Choose eco-friendly alternatives for disposing of real trees, too.

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Slate's EV Acid Test: Are electric cars greener?

Plugs and Cars

Slate, the online magazine, has an enviro Q&A column, The Green Lantern , that asks the question today. Every electric car advocate is asked the same question every day: Are EVs really cleaner, greener, better for the environment? The long tailpipe, and all that. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal.

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

David Roberts is a staff writer at Grist , an online enviro magazine. Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. A green dream trifecta of energy independence, zero emissions, and zero carbon. It's about the plug, stupid.

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