Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg N-eq.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg P-eq.]. Land occupation in an urban environment [m 2 / year]. Toxicity of marine aquatic environments [kg 1,4-DC-eq.]. Smog formation [kg NMVOC-eq.].

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). 74% of WTW emissions in our oil sands pathways. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Oil Gas-Electric Emissions 287

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

In comparison to removal of CO 2 from the ambient air, or direct air capture (DAC), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) exists at a higher volumetric concentration, meaning smaller volumes of fluid can move through the system per unit carbon removed.

Energy 332

Energy Waste Carbon Emissions 332

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

In light of the United States’ renewed effort to achieve a net zero carbon economy, our research team believes this critical review is a timely contribution to establishing an accurate, common understanding of the greenhouse gas profile for corn ethanol in comparison to gasoline refined from crude oil. million vehicles on the road.

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Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric 493

Electrek

APRIL 6, 2021

For comparison, it goes for $350 at Home Depot and $330 at Amazon right now. Ditching the usual gas and oil, this mower is powered by the included two 40V batteries, meaning it’s better for your wallet and the environment. Our favorite is the 40V 20-inch Electric Mower for $259 shipped.

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Battery Powered Green Power Powered 98

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

While Russia holds significant leverage in influencing oil and gas prices, it pales in comparison to China’s position in several strategic industries critical to the energy transition, says report author Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and materials at the Baker Institute. —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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China Energy Indonesia Power Grid 416

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

At present, most commercial ocean-going ships use a propeller shaft that is supported by oil-lubricated bearings in the ship’s stern tube. A typical commercial (>1,000 DWT) ocean-going ship’s stern tube contains about 1,500 liters (396 gallons US) of oil. By comparison, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker discharged 41.6

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Oil Pollution Water Mariner 220

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

Michelin tires are currently made using 28% sustainable materials (26% bio-sourced materials such as natural rubber, sunflower oil, limonene etc., The project was selected by France’s Agency for the Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) to receive €14.7 and 2% recycled materials such as steel or recycled powdered tires).

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2018 France Oil Georgia 199

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. However, residential uses and exports of natural gas were not considered in those comparisons.

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Gas-Electric Gas Transportation Coal 150

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth. A great deal of oil is extracted using what is called a pumpjack. The electricity usage for the 1,42,054 onshore wells that supply oil to India is over 1,415 GWh a month! That's just oil wells on land. What about deep sea drilling?

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Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil 59

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

The best scenario was compared to first generation biodiesel and oil diesel. Their analysis showed that any improvement of oil extraction technique would have a direct impact on the sustainability production— 90% of the process energy consumption is dedicated to lipid extraction (70% when considering the wet extraction). Lardon et al.

Oil 191

Oil Energy Fuel Production 191

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2012

Ships traditionally use heavy fuel oil which, from 2012, can have a sulfur content of up to 3.5% The average sulfur content of heavy fuel oil is about 2.4%. By comparison, the sulphur content of fuels used in road vehicles must not exceed 0.001%. by weight, while previously, outside of Sulphur Emission Control Areas, a.

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Emissions Pollution 2010 2012 250

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Of course it won’t compete with oil today, at around $30 per barrel. We will run out of oil and gas, but the sun will be there for another five billion years. Despite its outsized impact on the environment, the actual concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere is relatively small—400 parts per million is 0.04% of the total volume.

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Convert CO2 Conversion 2000 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. —“Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives”.

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Climate Pollution Gasoline-Electric 2017 268

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

Recent discoveries of methane hydrate in Arctic and deep-water marine environments have highlighted the need for a better understanding of methane hydrate as a natural storehouse of carbon and a potential energy resource. As two points of comparison, total US proved natural gas reserves were 322.7

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Alaska Mariner Gas Russia 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2012

The paper by researchers from Peking University and Environment Canada appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Comparison of relative contributions from various sources to total BC emissions between China and other countries/regions including India, North America, and Africa. Earlier post.). —Wang et al.

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2007 Carbon China Emissions 271

Cars That Think

JANUARY 11, 2022

Sensors traditionally have been used for camera imaging, as well as communicating information about humidity, temperature, motion, speed, proximity, and other aspects of the environment. Several factors are fueling sensors’ growth, including miniaturization, increased functionality, and higher levels of integration into electronic circuitry.

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Standards Industrial Industry Production 145

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Health Canada is the Canadian Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health; Environment Canada is the Federal agency tasked with, among other things, protecting the environment. the 2008-2012 global recession). doi: 10.1021/es4023859. Biodiesel Canada Emissions Health Heavy-duty'

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Canada 2006 Exhaust Pollution 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2012

The articulated trucks, converted to dual-fuel, will be trialed alongside diesel equivalents, providing direct comparison data for different operating environments.

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Fuel Vehicles Gas Fleet 210

Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

Chile 59

Chile Li-ion Petrol India 59

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Additionally, lower viscosity transmission fluid is used resulting in improved transmission efficiency and fuel economy improvements especially during cold environments or vehicle start-up. The transmission also is “fill for life” not requiring oil changes during normal driving conditions.

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Chrysler Dodge Indiana Durango 199

Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment. That is the only comparison that matters. We will see progress as we make the problem less bad, but we will not solve the problem.

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Renewable Energy Fuel New York City 98

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Land-based nuclear power plants, for comparison, are constructed on site and typically far exceed their budgets and schedules. At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 143

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. Europe and the US. Earlier post.). T&E: Super credits = “hot air”. have not actually been made.

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2020 Light CO2 Cars 268

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The company says that some of the most promising projects are the Turbosteamer ( earlier post ); the Thermoelectric generator (TEG) ( earlier post ); engine encapsulation; and a waste heat exchanger for oil heating. Research project Turbosteamer: comparison of the heat exchanger generation 1 (top) and generation 2 (bottom).

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Waste BMW Exhaust Gas-Electric 376

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2012

GFEI was launched in 2009 as a partnership of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and FIA Foundation. First, an update its Comparison of Global Fuel Economy Standards to provide a comprehensive update of global fuel economy standards report.

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Fuel Economy Economy Global Fuel 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

PHEVs, however, will be more expensive than BEVs in almost all comparison scenarios, and only less expensive than conventional cars in a world with very low battery costs and high gasoline prices. Consumers purchase cars based on how they value multiple attributes: performance, aesthetics, reliability, and many other features.

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Electric Vehicles Market Gasoline-Electric Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

Under such circumstances, there will be a battle between coal and NG in many sectors, particularly the on-road transport sector, which is exclusively petroleum-dependent but currently facing a worldwide oil shortage. The original reason for developing EVs and CNGVs is to substitute oil, not to reduce emissions of GHGs or any pollutant.

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Coal Pollution China Gas 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

The particle number count under those conditions increased by more than an order of magnitude in comparison to DPF-out particle concentrations. However, the nucleation mode distribution observed could be sulfuric acid based particles formed as a result of sulfur oxidation over the catalyst surfaces at exhaust temperatures over 380 °C.It

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Exhaust Diesel West Virginia 2007 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

million to 34 small businesses to develop innovative, sustainable technologies to protect human health and the environment. The biomass waste will first be converted into pyrolysis oil and then upgraded to diesel. The process uses a new approach to upgrading pyrolysis bio oil and does not produce excessive by-products.

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Emissions EPA Waste Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2012

Previous studies have shown that FT fuel can reduce engine emissions, thereby helping to mitigate the impacts of aircraft operation on air quality and the environment, although the detailed chemical composition of aircraft emissions with FT fuel is largely unknown. A paper on the results is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Emissions Engine Fuel Gas 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

It also scales back in areas such as oil and gas company research and moves away from funding vehicular hydrogen fuel cells to technologies “ with more immediate promise, ” according to Energy Secretary Steven Chu. There are three primary funded organizations within DOE: National Security; Energy and Environment; and Science.

2010 150

2010 PHEV Hydrogen Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

In comparison, they noted, the technology for bio-chemical ethanol production from cellulosic biomass is not sufficiently developed yet. Methanol first surfaced as a potentially interesting transportation fuel in the wake of the oil crisis in 1973. Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed.

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Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline 257

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

The only incentive that TDI vehicles receive—and it isn’t doled out by the US government—is almost consistently best-in-class fuel economy, reduced CO 2 emissions and clean diesel drivers knowing that they are doing their part to reduce the impact on the environment. denotes a model in the Rally **for comparison.

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Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy 366

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2015

Much of the US’ new abundant domestic oil and gas supply is being produced from unconventional resources—particularly light sweet crude oil from the Bakken shale in North Dakota, as well as the Eagle Ford and Permian Basins in Texas. This rapid growth has also created challenges in moving crude oil to market.

Oil 150

Oil Transportation North Dakota Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For comparison, conventional batteries without direct cooling of the cells achieve about half this figure. The turbocharger, electric motor and power electronics are connected to the cooling circuit of the combustion engine in order to ensure an idea temperature environment at all times. Charging is via the 3.7

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Mercedes Hybrid Engine All-Electric 259