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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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Instead, we have to supply hydrogen just like we fill gasoline but the car will be powered by electric motors just like a normal electric car. Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma. Engines that run on petrol or diesel are one of the main sources of PM2.5

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How Efficient Is Your EV? It’s Complicated

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But the efficiency equation is more complicated than that because, unlike petrol pumps, recharging stations do not transfer energy perfectly. We'll be interested in how much carbon-based fuels such as coal and natural gas went into the electrical energy that charged our batteries.

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Uhde’s PRENFLO Gasification Process to be Part of 113M BioTfueL BTL Project in France

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This flexibility of the resulting process chain is intended to allow a high level of efficiency in optimizing a continuous fuel supply to industrial plants particularly with regard to economic and logistical parameters. Uhde’s PRENFLO process is based on the Koppers-Totzek coal gasification process which was developed around 70 years ago.

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Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

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Recent results from EV trials show a typical carbon dioxide emissions rating to be around 100g/km, when the car is charged from a typical power supply in the UK. To have a major effect, the introduction of electric vehicles must be accompanied by an almost total decarbonization of the electricity supply.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3 It is a liquid alcohol fuel produced from a variety of feedstocks, including natural gas, coal, biomass, or even carbon dioxide. Existing gasoline-powered vehicles may be converted to a natural gas vehicle or they can be used as bi-fuel (petrol and CNG) vehicle. Let’s see a quick statistic.

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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood

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New Zealand’s liquid fuel bill will certainly increase again, and there may be security of supply difficulties. The biofuels currently being produced in New Zealand can only be used to supplement conventional petrol and diesel. The first is an analysis of potential wood supply to specific sites by Scion.