Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Biomass Crop Assistance Program.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded The University of Texas at El Paso grants totaling nearly $1.3 Ramana said the reliable, fast and highly sensitive sensors will be able to withstand the corrosive atmosphere and extremely high temperatures found in coal gasification power systems. Ramana, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The two leaders emphasized their countries’ strong shared interest in accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles in order to reduce oil dependence, cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote economic growth. Initial research priorities will be building energy efficiency, clean coal including carbon capture and storage, and clean vehicles.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

A paper on their study was published online 3 December in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. However, the use of coal-generated methanol as a practical alternative fuel is one of the most realistic options for China, because of the “oil-lean, gas-lacking, and coal-rich” structure of Chinese energy resources.

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JUNE 13, 2015

Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study comprehensively the development and use of natural gas. Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. —Mark Zoback, a professor of geophysics and NGI’s director. —Mark Zoback.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Furthermore, New Zealand still imports virtually all its liquid fuels; while domestic crude oil production has expanded, it is not nearly enough to meet local fuel demand. “. It makes no environmental sense at all, and “ indeed is unethical ”, to import “bad” fuels made from feedstocks such as palm oil. per liter (US$5.12/gallon

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The two-year bioenergy project is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Energy. Results of the study will also assist CHOREN in determining the location of its first commercial-scale BTL facility in the United States. billion barrels of oil and 58 million tons of coal over a ten year period. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

The study, which is authored by researchers from seven universities, several national laboratories and federal government bodies and other organizations, is published in the journal Science. Modeling has shown climate benefits from coal to NG switching for power generation over all time periods (i.e., Alvarez et al. number of devices).

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APRIL 30, 2010

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen (or Electrons); Organism: anaerobe and aerobe; Product: Oil for biodiesel. This project will develop a process to combine an anaerobic carbon dioxide-fixing microbe in one stage with an aerobic oil-producing microbe in a second stage. Stanford University.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. Their study found “emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car, and about ten times lower than driving an electric one.” For instance, recent U.S.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Click to enlarge. billion in 2035.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As per a report from The Environmental and Energy Study Institute , direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry in the United States amount to a whopping $20 billion per year, about 80% of which go towards oil and gas. The remaining 20% is allocated for coal. Conservative estimates put U.S.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. The Net-Zero America study that we put out towards the end of 2020 and updated in 2021 was a big effort at Princeton.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The study adds to the evidence that exposure to diesel pollutants at what are considered relatively low levels may contribute to subtle changes in the lungs that may make people more prone to developing chronic lung disease, the third leading cause of death globally. —Dr Aaron. Aaron, Eric A. Hoffman, Steven M. Kawut, John H.M.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5

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MAY 13, 2010

Decreasing Dependence on Foreign Oil. The bill encourages the phase down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and calls for studies on black carbon emissions as well as an interagency process to promote fast mitigation strategies. Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles.

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APRIL 1, 2009

One key issue that the Waxman-Markey discussion draft does not address is how to allocate the tradable emission allowances that restrict the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities, oil companies, and other sources. The Chairmen say this issue will be addressed through discussions among Committee members.

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MARCH 22, 2010

A recent study of approximately a hundred offset projects by the journal Climate Policy found that just 60 percent of projects actually provided evidence that the CDM funding made a difference, and that 40 percent of companies would likely have reduced emissions anyway. FLAWS IN THE UN APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CARBON OFFSETS.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). DOE grant: $9,000,000). Earlier post.) Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although technological yield gains had offset the losses, the study established a clear and simple correlation between increasing temperatures and crop yields. July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ).

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

—Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. Examining the role of shale gas, PwC’s report suggests that at current rates of consumption, replacing 10% of global oil and coal consumption with gas could deliver emissions savings of around 3% a year (1gt CO 2 e per annum).

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

And I wasn’t interested in selling solar based on, “Hey it prevents oil,” you know. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. And at sub $3 you’re cheaper than coal. And people have no idea what’s coming with coal and what that’s going to cost them in electric bills. It was just too much of a nexus for me.

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JULY 17, 2015

Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. The significance of this opportunity is immense.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt is a case study. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective.

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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. RGGI: A Case Study. Representatives Henry A. Reduced Output.

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