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JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Solid arrows: Pyrolysis oil is directly passed over the zeolite catalyst.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2012

The break-even crude oil price for a delivered biomass cost of $94/metric ton when hydrogen is derived from coal, natural gas or nuclear energy ranges from $103 to $116/bbl for no carbon tax and even lower ($99–$111/bbl) for the carbon tax scenarios. —Singh et al. We’re in the ballpark.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

While natural gas can reduce greenhouse emissions when it is substituted for higher-emission energy sources, abundant shale gas is not likely to substantially alter total emissions without policies targeted at greenhouse gas reduction, according to a new study by two researchers at Duke University. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Value of life-cycle emissions externality damages and oil premium costs from vehicles in 2010 $. A paper presenting the results of the group’s latest year-long study on the lifecycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits of plug-in vehicles was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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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. per gallon.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. Similarly in 2009 and 2010, the US Department of Energy (DOE) funded the University of North Carolina – Energy Frontier Research Center (UNC EFRC) and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, respectively. Source: Lux Research. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2016

Rice University researchers have determined a more effective way to use natural gas to reduce climate-warming emissions would be in the replacement of existing coal-fired power plants and fuel-oil furnaces rather than burning it in cars and buses. Graphic by Tanyia Johnson/Rice University. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has modeled the net emissions in two regional transmission operators (PJM and NYISO) from PHEVs under different scenarios for future power generation; different size battery packs; charging strategies (home, work and smart); and PHEV fleet percentages between 0.4 When compared to 2020 CAFE standards (6.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2015

The technology will address large-scale units and produce purified aromatics streams suitable for modern derivative production processes at a very competitive price with respect to their petroleum-based counterparts. It has an international scope, covering the fields of energy, transport and the environment. Biomass Biorefinery'

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2011

The growing vehicle parc is the largest consumer of crude oil, which is starting to run out. The supply risks inherent to a non-diversified primary energy source—98% of road vehicles are propelled by petroleum-based fuels—are beginning to be felt again, as they were during the Oil Shocks of 1973-4 and 1979.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). Other efforts will include: Natural Gas. Nuclear Power. Energy Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Source: IRENA. Click to enlarge. kWh in Africa.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. million tonnes in 2050, due to existing control requirements and the shift away from coal-fired generation.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While the price is heavily dependent upon where you live and how your home is set up, the average cost to have a Level 2 charger installed typically ranges between $1,000 and $2,000. Additionally, the fear of running out of battery energy without access to a charger is perpetuated by the lack of a universal charging infrastructure.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

Unlike Lithium, hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe ( Lithium is the key component in electric vehicle batteries). Hydrogen production as mentioned above is based on electrolysis, a chemical process that produces hydrogen which is a universal, light, and highly reactive fuel. So what is green hydrogen?

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. It must deliver power to people when they need it, where they need it, and at a manageable price.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The bill provides assistance to those Americans who may be disproportionately affected by potential increases in energy prices through tax cuts and an energy refund program. Price Predictability. A hard price collar binds carbon prices and creates a predictable system for carbon prices to rise at a fixed rate over inflation.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 20, 2006

But gasoline prices have since soared to more than $3 a gallon. The technology would "conserve more oil and slice smog and greenhouse gases to nearly imperceptible levels ". Four years ago, the professor at the University of California at Davis and a team of engineering students created a plug-in vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2019

For example, rich countries such as Germany can throw billions of dollars at their coal sector to ease their transition pain, offering generous financial aid to lignite-producing regions. Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait might, and should be encouraged to do so. Big green deal. ?This

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Earlier post.).

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JULY 3, 2015

consumer attitudes, fuel prices, battery technology advancement, vehicle costs and subsidies). They considered state-specific contributions from nine generating technologies: coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, biogas, geothermal, nuclear, wind, and solar.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

The report is the first comprehensive study of how to transition to a net zero energy system by 2050 while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth. C, according to the new report, Net Zero by 2050: a Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2014

Fourth, CO 2 prices as high as 100 $/t do not provide sufficient incentive for vehicle electrification. In their analysis, the authors examined the effect of 5 factors on EDV deployment: crude oil and natural gas prices; a federal CO 2 policy; a federal renewable portfolio standard (RPS); and EDV battery cost.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. PHEVs Are Cheaper to Run and Cheaper to Maintain [ to top ] 1/4 the Price? The GREET 1.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. Field-to-Pump” disrupts the status quo by allowing advanced biofuel producers to be drivers of transportation fuel prices rather than merely price takers in the market. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

They assumed an oil price of US$80/bbl, close to the short-term. GHG emissions from electric driving depend most on the fuel type (coal or natural gas) used. 155 g/km (using electricity from an old coal-based plant). They also assumed a shift from current central motor (CM) drivetrains to wheel motor (WM) drivetrains.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Center for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky are investigating the hydrogenation of CO 2 using a conventional Fischer-Tropsch cobalt catalyst for the production of valuable hydrocarbon materials.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

The two-day conference, “Increasing the Momentum of Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Developments and Opportunities” brought together country delegates and experts from international organizations, NGOs, universities and the industrial sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

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. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Oil is the alternative. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Alternative is no longer an alternative.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. The target is to come in at the price of a midmarket car. People wont buy a full car. Bloomberg ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil). Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. — Volt Enthusiast 7.

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