Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

Coal 435

Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska 435

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. DOE Funding: $500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $125,000; Total: $625,000.

Fuel 170

Fuel South Carolina Low Cost Universal 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

Gas 244

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244