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A) CNG light-duty cars vs. gasoline cars; (B) CNG heavy-duty vehicles vs. diesel vehicles; and (C) combined-cycle natural gas plants vs. supercritical coal plants using low-CH 4 coal. On the one hand, a shift to natural gas is promoted as climate mitigation because it has lower carbon per unit energy than coal or oil.
90% is from coal. The team evaluated five vehicle types (gasoline and diesel cars, diesel buses, e-bikes, e-cars) and considered how environmental impacts varied depending on the emission location. 1 , equivalent to a gasoline car with a fuel economy of 5.6 L/100km (or 42 mpg US). L/100km (or 42 mpg US).
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L Chevrolet Malibu with a combined fuel economy of 26 mpg (9.0 EV fuel economy is based on a 2012 Nissan LEAF—99 mpggasoline equivalent (mpgge) (equivalent to 2.4 They assessed scenarios for 25% (RPS-25) and 50% (RPS-50) renewable portfolio standards for EV use along with the current US mix, natural gas, and coal.
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But they consume less or no gasoline. Much of US road infrastructure is financed by taxing gasoline. Urban and coastal types with high-MPG cars and smug EV grins? Finally, I will continue to scream from the rooftops and tell anyone who will listen, that gasoline is underpriced compared to the externalities that ICE cars cause.
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