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U. Mich study: natural-gas-based ICE, BEV and FCV all show promise for environmental benefits relative to conventional ICE

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The overarching goal of the LCA study is to assess which mode of natural gas-based personal passenger mobility offers the most compelling future environmental benefits, as both the civil power infrastructure and the transportation sector undergo a greening transition from coal and petroleum respectively to natural gas.

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. So the last thing we need is for the oil that currently sits safely untapped under local waters and under the town itself to be drilled into, sucked out, and trucked through the South Bay.

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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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To work with international partners to research and develop new standards for tires and brakes to address toxic non-exhaust emissions of micro plastics from vehicles which can pollute air and water. From farming to cleaning solvents there are a large range of other day to day practices, processes and products that produce harmful emissions.

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New full LCA highlights complexity of environmental advantages and disadvantages of EVs relative to ICE vehicles; the importance of life cycle thinking

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However, it is counterproductive to promote EVs in regions where electricity is produced from oil, coal, and lignite combustion. The electrification of transportation should be accompanied by a sharpened policy focus with regard to life cycle management, and thus counter potential setbacks in terms of water pollution and toxicity.

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Study suggests city center pollution doubles risk of calcium build-up in arteries

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We tend to take for granted that governments will ensure that our air and water is clean and will not adversely impact our health. The developed world has moved on a long way from the problems of industrial smog and domestic coal-burning of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries, to the point where our urban air now looks clean and healthy.

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ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

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ExxonMobil expects that by 2030, China will have surpassed the United States as the country with the largest number of personal vehicles, even though China’s vehicles per capita will be about one-third the level of the United States at that time. However, by 2040, China and India are expected to increase their levels by more than 500%.

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GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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Humans consume more than 1 ton of concrete per person per year—10 12 kg of cement annually—and the cement industry releases 9kg of CO 2 for each 10kg of cement produced, emitting 36 Gt globally annually. Pulverized coal is often used as the flame fuel, and fuel is also added to heat and drive the calciner and preheaters.

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