Remove tag Convertibles
article thumbnail

The REAL Climate Change Debate: Are All Deniers Evil or Are Some Merely Ignorant?

Creative Greenius

If you weren’t a fellow traveler along the path of discovery with me, you might believe there is still a debate about the major issues of climate change. As usual I learned about this latest from Joe Romm’s Climate Progress, the first web site I read every morning. But you would be wrong. There is no debate.

article thumbnail

Google Unveils Faster, Cheaper Mechanism To Track Worldwide Deforestation Online; Support for Land Use Change Measurement, Verification and Reporting

Green Car Congress

The new tools are designed to be used by policy makers, governments, the scientific community, and the public via a dedicated Forest Carbon Tracking portal , and were introduced at the UNFCCC climate summit in Copenhagen. Tags: Climate Change Policy. 1986-2006 deforestation, in red, alongside earlier. CLASlite) software.

Google 294
article thumbnail

Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

Green Car Congress

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Tags: Brief. Munger, J.

CO2 199
article thumbnail

Pew Environment Report Says Melting Arctic Could Cost a Minimum of $2.4 Trillion by 2050

Green Car Congress

trillion by 2050, according to a new report, “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”, released by the Pew Environment Group. An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”. Tags: Brief.

article thumbnail

Road Test: 2023 Ranger Rover Sport SE Dynamic Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

This is the old school turbocharged and supercharger mild hybrid; you can find the PHEV review here. A 48V lithium-ion battery is replenished through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. Story by John Faulkner.

Hybrid 61
article thumbnail

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

Green Car Congress

A fourth option, the focus of this review, has emerged, namely, the idea of using captured, anthropogenically produced CO 2 to synthesize liquid renewable or sustainable hydrocarbon and carbonaceous fuels. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels. This same analysis (Pearson et al.

article thumbnail

Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

Cars That Think

And the data that Peregrine will gather will help scientists to understand how these critical areas will respond to climate change. And as we try to understand how ice sheets are responding to new climate extremes, these processes are key. Navy Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport was converted into an IPR-data-collection aircraft.