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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

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Questions include the extent of land displacement due to market linkages, including indirect land-use change that aggravates tropical deforestation and leads to a large release of stored carbon. It would establish a market-based GHG management system that does not entail or require explicit comparisons of fuels. DeCicco (2009).

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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By way of comparison: the most powerful conventional e-up! In doing so the power electronics convert the direct current (DC) stored in the battery into alternating current (AC) and use this to drive the motor. The e-up accelerates from 0 to 60 km/h in 4.9 seconds; within 12.4 seconds it reaches 100 km/h (62 mph). Battery pack.