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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. The transport sector—which depends almost entirely on oil products, with 93% of all the fuel used in the sector being oil-based in 2010—remains the main driver of global oil demand as economic growth increases demand for personal mobility and freight.

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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

The team also found that 95 percent of demand would be covered by just 2,000 ten-person vehicles, compared to the nearly 14,000 taxis that currently operate in New York City. A system like this could allow drivers to work shorter shifts, while also creating less traffic, cleaner air and shorter, less stressful commutes.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. But we also have to cut emissions from heating.”

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Both rail and bus emissions decreased during this time, due in part to the state’s efforts to transition to cleaner fuels and to electrify public transportation.

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The AI Boom Rests on Billions of Tonnes of Concrete

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

That’s about 4 tonnes for every person on the planet and twice as much as all other building materials combined. ROADS TO CLEANER CONCRETE As the big-data construction boom boosts the tech industry’s emissions, the reinvention of concrete could play a major role in solving the problem. times as much CO 2 as a kilogram of cement does.

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2023 Volvo V60 Cross Country Review – Quiet Luxury

The Truth About Cars

JULY 18, 2023

Speaking of price points, this is not a cheap car. A Climate Package ($750) added headlamp cleaners, heated rear seats, and a heated steering wheel. What they do offer is solid utility for the moneyed person who is often carrying passengers and/or cargo about town. Handsome in a plain way. Oh, and comfort.

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First Drive: 2023 Ford Super Duty Lineup

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2023

It's all very clever and designed to help encourage fleet managers to stick with Ford, as two-person jobs are now easily achievable by a solo operator. While that’s probably not going to make the folks at JC Whitney happy, it does make for cleaner cabins and keeps Ford in the loop after vehicles have been modified. liter diesel V8.

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Ford F-150 Commercial Diesel

New CA smart grid law will help solar and fix the grid by… simply replacing wires

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

California law will upgrade the grid – for cheap California’s new law, SB 1006 , just signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, directs the state to use “grid-enhancing technologies” (GETs) and “reconductoring” to solve these growing pains with the grid. Get started here. – ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. As a civilization, we have committed ourselves to electricity and we must make cleaner electricity. Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. And we’re really good at that.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

For just a little more than half that amount, we could fund a fifty-fold increase in spending on R&D for the kind of game-changing technological breakthroughs—like smart grids, ultra-efficient batteries or even cheap, manageable fusion—we will need to end our addiction to fossil fuels.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Electric Vehicles not only keep our Earth cleaner, their use preserves the earths natural resources. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said.

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You’ll die without a solar roof says Musk, whose admin made it harder to get solar

Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2025

And Mr. Trump has ignorantly promised inasmuch as the promises of a compulsive liar ever matter to continue to attack this cheap, clean energy source in his quest to make life worse for Americans. Many estimate there is more nonsense to come , and given past experience with the ignoramus in question, that seems like a good bet.

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

And most of all, a new powertrain – electric – that will account for roughly 100% of cars on the road within a couple decades, which no serious person disputes. So in the end, US jobs likely won’t benefit overall , and US consumers will simply be denied a chance to buy cheap new EVs from China – like, for example, the excellent Volvo EX30.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

The AI Boom Rests on Billions of Tonnes of Concrete

2023 Volvo V60 Cross Country Review – Quiet Luxury

First Drive: 2023 Ford Super Duty Lineup

New CA smart grid law will help solar and fix the grid by… simply replacing wires

Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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You’ll die without a solar roof says Musk, whose admin made it harder to get solar

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