Climate Change, Gas and Statistics

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. Resources.

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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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AUGUST 19, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. Managing air quality in China in a changing climate will thus become more challenging. RCP 4.5). (The

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Climate Change Climate Ozone Future

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

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JUNE 12, 2019

BP released the 68 th annual edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Stats Review), a comprehensive collection and analysis of global energy data. This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions.

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Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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JUNE 11, 2012

The gap, noted the researchers in their open-access paper in Nature Climate Change , is equivalent to Japan’s annual CO 2 emissions, the world’s fourth largest emitter, with 5% of the global total. Other fuels include, for example, coke oven gas, other gas, other coking products, LPG, refinery gas and other petroleum products.

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Emissions Gas China Climate Change

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

The base results from a study by a team at the Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory indicate that shale gas life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are 6% lower than conventional natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline, and 33% lower than coal. However, the environmental impacts (e.g.,

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California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

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MARCH 27, 2019

An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5

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Affordable 2018 California San Diego

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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2004 2016 Emissions California

UK ONS report finds significant challenge remains to reduce road transport emissions; sector GHG emissions up 6% from 1990-2017

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A new report by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) finds that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport in the UK rose by 6% from 1990 to 2017. Source: Office for National Statistics – UK Environmental Accounts, Energy Use datasets. Among the other findings of the report: At the end of 2018, 0.5%

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2017 Emissions Transportation 2018

U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The steel industry accounts for 30% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends an overall 40% to 70% reduction in GHG emissions from 2010 levels by 2050. Therefore, the derived U.S. —Zhu et al. iron ore or passenger cars).

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Michigan Industrial Industry Climate Change

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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MAY 29, 2009

Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). EDGAR is a detailed overview of 35 years (from 1970 to 2005) of greenhouse gas emissions by country and emission sector.

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2005 2000 Gas Emissions

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

It does not mandate the sales of electric vehicles, and gas-powered cars and trucks could still be sold. Perhaps the government's claims about the environmental impact are too optimistic and complying with the new rule won't be effective in the fight against man-made climate change. regulation is not a ban. Fear is effective.

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MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

GEOS-Chem captures observed seasonal trends with no statistically significant difference between simulated and measured mean annual concentrations. Once they mix with other chemicals, it’s unknown what danger they could pose to animals and humans, especially in concert with climate change stressors in the Arctic.

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Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

A comprehensive emissions performance test of a business-class aircraft gas turbine engine burning fossil JP-8 fuel, synthetic FT fuel, and a 50/50 JP-8/FT blend found that emissions of trace gases, soot particles, and nucleation/growth PM were directly impacted by the sulfur and aromatic content of the fuel. —Timko et al. Resources.

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Emissions Fuel Climate Change Exhaust

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The report is based on recent results from the joint JRC/PBL Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), the latest statistics on energy use and various other activities. According to national statistics, in 2013 total oil consumption in transport increased somewhat by 0.5%, relative to 2012 levels. billion tonnes (Gt).

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2013 Emissions Global CO2

The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to statistics, Norway’s electric car sales have accounted for 64.5% The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role. The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role.

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IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

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APRIL 13, 2014

Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. However, the underlying estimates do not take into account economic benefits of reduced climate change.

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Emissions Climate Change 2000 Climate

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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MARCH 24, 2012

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) paper published in Computers & Geosciences outlines a process that might help to determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis.

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Water Available Climate Change Global

International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The editorial addresses important issues in the current politically charged discussions of global warming and climate-change alarm. … This could be paired with combustion technologies with highly diluted combustion (stoichiometric with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) as well as lean burn with excess-air ratios above 2).

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International Engine Exhaust Emissions

Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In addition to charging pile companies, gas stations, the bottom core in the era of fuel vehicles, are not willing to be abandoned. According to statistics, Shell has built about 3,600 charging piles based on the existing infrastructure in the UK.

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Fuel Vehicles Climate Change Carbon

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission’s in-house science service.

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Global Emissions Industrial Industry

Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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MAY 5, 2014

The study shows that Americans face the risk of a 70% increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050, assuming continued greenhouse gas emissions with resultant significant warming (IPCC Scenario A2 and RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 8.5.). Both scenarios assumed continued greenhouse gas emissions with significant warming.

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Ozone Climate Change Pollution Climate

Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

million barrels per day, natural gas demand would be cut by 330 billion cubic meters, and coal demand would drop by 230 million tons of coal. By 2035, oil demand would decrease by 4%, natural gas by 9.9%, and coal demand by 5.3%, compared with the baseline projection. Oil demand would be reduced by 3.7

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Renewable International Fuel Energy

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Many projections of future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and subsequent warming trends, particularly those used by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), assume a constant airborne fraction to 2100. Tags: Climate Change Climate models Emissions Land use. Earlier post.)

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Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate

Video Friday: Liquid Metal Bubble Actuator

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In this case, the minute robots could one day provide backup to pollinators like honey bees, potentially securing the world’s food crops as these critical insect species face challenges from fungal disease, pesticides and climate change. The project is led by doctoral student Chahat Deep Singh M.E. ’18 UPenn ].

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MIT New Zealand Maryland Climate Change

Tesla for a vaccine: Doctor offers the ultimate COVID-19 vaccination incentive

Teslarati

MAY 4, 2021

He told Teslarati that, as a believer in global climate change, this was the perfect incentive as electric cars give off zero emissions. ” According to Our World in Data , a site that provides COVID-19 vaccination statistics to Google, over 247 million doses of the vaccine have been given in the United States, so far.

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Tesla New York Climate Change Personal

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Hatched areas indicate locations in which the difference is statistically significant at a 95% confidence level. In our theoretical estimates, we found that a significant reduction in soot emissions is required to reduce the climate impact of contrails effectively. Burkhardt et al.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. CH 4 is mainly generated by agricultural activities, the production of coal and gas, as well as waste treatment and disposal.

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Emissions Global CO2 India

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

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. Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future?

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Store Solar Building Oil-Sands

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

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JANUARY 19, 2011

However, both cases result in global CO 2 emissions well above the IEA 450 scenario—a back-cast which illustrates what is required to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 ppm. The fuel mix changes over time, reflecting long asset lifetimes. Biofuels will account for 9% of global transport fuels.

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Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands

Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming

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JULY 29, 2009

The model follows a scenario of moderately increasing emissions of greenhouse gas emissions and leads to average global warming of 1.6 °C The increase is due mainly to the simulated rise in wildfire frequency in the future, warmer climate. Source: Spracklen et al. Click to enlarge. degrees Celsius (3 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2050.

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Pollution Global Climate Change United States

UK emissions drop by nearly 2 per cent in 2008

Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions reduced by nearly 2 per cent during 2008, compared with 2007, the latest statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show. Tags: Green credentials carbon DECC emissions gas green greenhouse Kyoto.

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2008 Emissions Climate Change 2007

Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US Over Last Decade

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has been accepted for publication in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters. Climate change is making itself felt in terms of day-to-day weather in the United States.

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Climate United States Climate Change 2009

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

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JUNE 24, 2019

A new study published in Nature Communications by researchers from IIASA, Boston University, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century, climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming.

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Climate Change Global Energy Climate

Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Conversely, encouraging shortened vehicle lifetime via vehicle replacement schemes can result in higher total-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the authors found. Technol. , doi: 10.1021/es1034552.

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Analysis finds air-quality justification for CNG vehicle conversion in developing cities, despite negative climate impact

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

However, CNG conversion was apparently detrimental from a climate change perspective, as CH 4 emissions increased. As the greenhouse gas impacts (costs or benefits) are much smaller than the health benefits, the conversion of petroleum vehicles to CNG can be justified on the basis of local air pollution benefits alone, they concluded.

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Conversion Climate Bangladesh Vehicles

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

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MAY 12, 2017

Widespread adoption of new engine technologies raises concerns about changes in emissions and their effects on air quality and the climate. Measurements include gas- and particle-phase emissions, particle number, particle size distributions, and speciated NMOG emissions. of the data. Credit: ACS, Saliba et al. Click to enlarge.

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CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

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JULY 9, 2020

Time of emergence of a global mean surface temperature signal for idealized individual mitigation efforts of a range of short- and long lived climate forcers. The colored expanding bars show the evolution of a statistically significant signal (t-test, p? —Bjørn Samset.

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Emissions Global Climate 2020

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. In contrast, except for the PHEV, the alternative fuel vehicles—such as hydrogen, natural gas and battery electric vehicles—pose problems and limitations due to their single energy source and the lack of infrastructure for high-power energy distribution of their individualized fueling needs.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

UK ONS report finds significant challenge remains to reduce road transport emissions; sector GHG emissions up 6% from 1990-2017

U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

Video Friday: Liquid Metal Bubble Actuator

Tesla for a vaccine: Doctor offers the ultimate COVID-19 vaccination incentive

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming

UK emissions drop by nearly 2 per cent in 2008

Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US Over Last Decade

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

Analysis finds air-quality justification for CNG vehicle conversion in developing cities, despite negative climate impact

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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