Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

The result implies that globally, cloud changes caused by particles from all forms of industrial pollution block 1 Watt of solar energy per square meter of Earth’s surface, masking almost a third of the present-day warming from greenhouse gases. The difference helps explain how much industrial pollution influences clouds.

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Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

In other words, an incremental efficiency improvement in heating will have a much bigger overall impact on energy demand and therefore climate change. However, the fairer comparison would be to both a central air conditioner and gas furnace, which might total $5,000 to $12,000. Still, in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The KPMG research finds that the external environmental costs of 11 key industry sectors jumped 50% from US$566 to US$846 billion in 8 years (2002 to 2010), averaging a doubling of these costs every 14 years. Source: KPMG.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

By comparison, many subsidies for renewables are time-limited initiatives implemented through energy bills, with expiration dates that limit their usefulness to the renewables industry. Tags: Climate Change Fuels Policy. billion) and the Credit for Production of Nonconventional Fuels ($14.1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

By comparison over the last decade, the state has built on average 1 GW of utility solar and 300 megawatts (MW) of wind per year. California will need to sustain its expansion of clean electricity generation capacity at a record-breaking rate for the next 25 years. California’s electricity mix is already more than 60% carbon-free.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

Shipping—responsible for almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions but not so far covered by any emissions reduction agreements—could reduce its climate impact by at least one-fifth at a negative cost to the industry, a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) report has concluded.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When I tell a new acquaintance that I write about EVs, as often as not their reply is some sound bite that could be a direct quote from an oil industry social media feed. Unsurprisingly, respondents who say they’re concerned about climate change are less prone to believing the myths.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2020

The gas typically enters the atmosphere through emissions from vehicles, power plants, and industrial activities. For comparison, columns over the same time periods are shown for 2019. The temperature data are from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (2017). Shi and Brasseur. 2 over the same time period. Bauwens, M.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

This increase was largely driven by an increase in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors, including more electricity use greater due to greater heating and cooling needs due to a colder winter and hotter summer in 2018 in comparison to 2017. Source: EPA. >.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

By comparison, the new refrigerant lingers in the atmosphere for 11 days and has a GWP of only 4. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Vehicle Systems. HFO-1234yf, supplied by Honeywell, breaks down faster in the atmosphere than the refrigerant currently used (R-134a). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

in 2012 was primarily due to a decline in electricity and fuel demand from the basic materials industry, and aided by an increase in renewable energy and by energy efficiency improvements. Climate Change Emissions' Sharp risers include Brazil (+ 6.2%), India (+ 4.4%), China (+ 4.2%) and Indonesia (+2.3%). in 2013 and 3.4%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2019

As states take the lead in confronting climate change, a flagship policy is often Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). However, they noted that “If they do drive down generation costs industry-wide, then this would alter any cost-benefit analysis.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Despite their limitations, GWPs are widely used for comparison among long-lived gases, forming the basis for worldwide political agreements on climate and carbon trading. Methane’s GWP may also change with time as air quality regulations alter the background state of tropospheric chemistry. Shindell et al. —Drew Shindell.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Based on these results, the sponsors of the SAE CRP 1234 have concluded that HFO-1234yf can be used as the global replacement refrigerant in future mobile air conditioning systems and it can be safely accommodated through established industry standards and practices for vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, and service.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2015

We use bitumen extraction from oil sands as a case study to illustrate the energy intensive nature and climate change impact of recovering unconventional heavy oil. GJ/m 3 , the results shows that on average,on average the SAGD oil sands industry is achieving ∼4.1 By comparison, oil shale has NERs (or EROI) of 1.6−2.0

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

The industry-average OECD Europe CO 2 glide path is consistent with European Union regulations. 15 years and to facilitate comparison with regulations.… Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy' Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. to 5% YOY to 3.5% YOY in the near-term.

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

In addition, this jump appears to occur between 1879 and 1915, a time of industrial change that may provide a direct link to human-induced climate change. Researchers found 20 th -century sea-level rise to be three times higher than the rate of sea-level rise during the last 500 years.

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North Carolina Climate Change Universal Pennsylvania 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Chris Malins.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Humans consume more than 1 ton of concrete per person per year—10 12 kg of cement annually—and the cement industry releases 9kg of CO 2 for each 10kg of cement produced, emitting 36 Gt globally annually. This is a powerful economic incentive, rather than economic cost, to mitigate climate change through a carbon negative process.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. By comparison, 66% of those polled have owned a gasoline engine vehicle and 38% have owned a diesel engine vehicle. —Barb Samardzich, vice president, Product Development, Ford of Europe. Other key findings of the survey: 74% identify car ownership with independence.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum ‘s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. Can we make everything in our world smarter without worsening climate change? Boakes: Yeah. Moore: Okay.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Electricity prices in comparison. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. Euro cents/kWh.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 27, 2023

Electric vehicle rules in India are necessary to regulate the operation of the vehicle and related industries in the nation. Electric Vehicle Rules in India & Its Comparison with Conventional Vehicles #1. The Government of India’s Ministry of Heavy Industries is connected to ARAI.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

As a point of comparison, the US EPA’s proposed national CO 2 emissions standards for light-duty vehicles under section 202 (a) of the Clean Air Act would require these vehicles to meet an estimated combined average emissions level of 250 grams/mile of CO 2 —155.26 ACEA says that the industry spends €20 billion (US$28.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 Tags: Canada Climate Change Fuels Lifecycle analysis Oil Oil sands. times the average for fuel consumed in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As commonly used for energy policy, lifecycle analysis (LCA) calculates trajectories of GHG fluxes for specified bioenergy product systems in comparison to reference fossil-based systems. However, DeCicco observes, these emissions enter the atmosphere just as do those from other industrial sources. “ —DeCicco 2013.

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Climate Carbon CO2 Emissions 273

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

A comparison of regulatory test cycles with the real-world operating conditions of vans in the United Kingdom, with particular reference to the accuracy of the regulatory cycles as predictors of real-world CO 2 emissions. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fleets.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Our principal goal should be to mitigate problems that are global in scale, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, virus transmission, and invasive species. That is the only comparison that matters. The fossil fuel industry and right-wing attack on renewable energy will probably not extend to electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. t e CO 2 /cap.) and Toronto (11.6 t e CO 2 /cap.).

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Automakers aren’t the only ones trying to stay competitive in the automotive industry by becoming more eco-friendly. They have committed to planting five million trees, setting money aside for environmental protection and partnering with others for climate change initiatives. They have been carbon-neutral since 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

For comparison, upstream consumption for reformulated gasoline produced from conventional oil is ~0.2-0.25 It is instructive to consider the implications of a very large oil shale industry that does not practice CO 2 mitigation. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Lifecycle analysis Oil Shale. MJ upstream. MJ/MJ fuel.

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Gasoline Oil Emissions Convert 239

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) It also assesses the strengths and weaknesses of EVs and CNGVs from a perspective of climate change and environmental impact. Until then, however, these NO x and SO 2 emissions are a disadvantage of EVs in comparison with CNGVs.

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Coal Pollution China Gas 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. With our proposals we are not only protecting the climate and saving consumers money.

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2020 Light CO2 Cars 268

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals. By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s Englon SC7 sedan was the first methanol-fueled car to receive approval from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. From 2009, led by the Ministry of Industry and Information, the pilot work of methanol gasoline implement is Shanxi province started. There were no evident changes of THC and NO x emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. It is clean and flexible.

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