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VW CEO Diess criticizes hydrogen cars for the climate: ‘Please listen to the science!’

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Volkswagen Auto Group CEO Herbert Diess is voicing his distaste for using hydrogen to solve global climate issues. Diess said (via Google Translate): “The hydrogen car is proven NOT to be the solution. Sham debates are a waste of time. “Please listen to the science,” Diess said in a Tweet. What do you think?

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Chip Fabs Go Green

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At this week's COP27 climate conference in Egypt , attendees will have a new group to contend with: an alliance of more than 60 companies involved in the electronics supply chain. But it also includes some fabless companies such as AMD, Google, and Microsoft. Intel recently broke ground on new advanced fabs in Ohio.

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Neste to begin selling 100% renewable diesel in Finland

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The majority of the renewable raw materials the company uses to refine the product, consists of waste and residues. Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL technology makes it possible to produce top-quality renewable diesel and other renewable products out of waste and residue materials and vegetable oils.

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UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

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Bio-based feedstocks from fats, plant oils and waste residues are converted to renewable diesel using advanced refining technologies. Neste produces NEXBTL renewable diesel from a variety of feedstocks including more than half from waste and residues. White House climate pledge. trillion.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

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Regenerative braking is built into all electric vehicles and is a feature that helps you maximise range, and makes the process of braking less wasteful. In comparison – a combustion engine car’s brakes convert kinetic energy into wasted heat to slow the vehicle. What is regenerative braking?

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X PRIZE Foundation Announces Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE

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Wendy Schmidt is president of The Schmidt Family Foundation, Founder of the Foundation’s 11 th Hour Project and Climate Central, as well as Co-founder, with her husband Eric (CEO of Google), of the Schmidt Marine Science Research Institute. Exxon Valdez), land drainage, waste disposal, or oil platform spill (e.g.

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GM to Make Use of Heat Pump Technology to Improve The Efficiency of Their EVs 

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GM will use the technology to collect low-level waste heat and use it in important ways, allowing their EVs to accelerate faster, charge faster, and go further. An automotive-grade heat pump absorbs and recoups waste heat in the vehicle system. But that’s a bit wasteful, and it’s not what electric cars are all about.

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