Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
This partnership expands use of GM’s 8L long-block engine, originally intended for industrial and marine markets, to new on-highway applications of up to 33,000 lb GVW (gross vehicle weight). The process uses synthesis gas produced from natural gas (NG), coal or petroleum coke. primarily produce bio-propane. infrastructures (e.g.,
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2013
Energy consumption by marine vessels increases from 0.9 Natural gas overtakes coal as the largest fuel for US electricity generation. In some areas, natural gas-fired generation replaces power formerly supplied by coal and nuclear plants. Personal air travel (billion seat-miles) grows by an average of 0.7%
Green Car Congress
JUNE 20, 2012
Bartis and RAND colleague Lawrence van Bibbe were the authors of a 2011 RAND report concluding that if the US military increased its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there would be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2010
by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Although Congress could address GHG emissions with alternative policies—e.g.,
Creative Greenius
MAY 14, 2009
You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. 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. Some generator is burning coal out there in Arizona.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Better yet, make a tax-deductible contribution. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? How can I help?
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.
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