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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3 It takes really long to form fossil fuels They are air pollutants – Combustion of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases causes air pollution Global warming – as a result of greenhouse gas emission, atmospheric temperature increases ( how? ). Some variants of natural gas are primarily propane.

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Lessons From Norway’s Journey To Becoming The Global Leader In EV Adoption

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To learn from its experience, let’s look back through Norway’s 30-year journey to becoming an EV giant: it all started with a mission to curb the country’s CO2 emissions. Curbing CO2 Emissions with Electric Transport. Its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) back in the 1990s were around 51.7 million tonnes per year.

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Auto sales drop to new low in Norway

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For example, petrol-only vehicles (with relatively high CO2 emissions) are now taxed much higher in Norway. That’s the reason why there was a December rush of 2,503 petrol-only units, whilst January saw just 36 units, roughly two orders of magnitude less!

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Toyota reduces fuel consumption and emissions across the new Auris range; 13% average reduction in CO2 compared to predecessors; gasoline, diesel and hybrid

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gasoline engine, new roller rocker technology and smaller, lighter pistons in both gasoline engines, low viscosity oil and 6-speed manual transmissions throughout the new Auris engine range. 1 compression ratios, Valvematic, the refinement of intake port and combustion chamber design and piston cooling by oil jet. 1.33l Dual VVT-i.

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Annual increases in CO2 slows down

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With oil prices surging in the summer of 2008, the annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from oil, coal, gas and cement production appear to have halved according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Who said no good has come from the global financial crisis?

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Demo Plant built for gas-to-liquid process

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Construction work has been completed on a gas-to-liquids (GTL) demonstration plant which will produce 500 barrels a day. The GTL process used by the consortium differs from other technologies used in that it uses carbon dioxide gas as a raw material and does not require any oxygen supply in order to complete a syngas reaction.

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