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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

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Vehicle electrification in the United States could prevent hundreds to thousands of premature deaths annually while reducing carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons. In the new study, Horton, Peters and their team looked at vehicle fleet and emissions data from 2014. Peters, D.

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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

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This pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated US$3.5 In OECD countries, around half the cost is from road transport, according to the report, with diesel vehicles producing the most harmful emissions. The report calculates the cost to society across the OECD’s 34 members at about US$1.7

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Monash team proposes roadmap to renewable ammonia economy; 3 generations of technology

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C and pressures above 200 bar to be facile, and therefore the capital cost of plant and equipment is substantial. of global greenhouse gas emissions (or about 1.4% of global CO 2 emissions); these values increase further if CO 2 emissions associated with natural gas extraction are included. Generation 2.

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IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

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Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. Total anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in human history from 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (±4.5) IPCC WG III.

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Tesla and EVs have saved at least 120,000 lives so far

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Not A Tesla App initially reported on the results of a study that reflected these statistics. The study , published in 2021 in Nature Communications, noted that adding 4,434 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 was equivalent to the lifetime emissions of 3.5 They also introduced another metric: the mortality cost of carbon.

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The Future of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles

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On a broader level, recent supply chain statistics state that 48% of companies are under increasing pressure to improve sustainability in the supply chain—a trend that can potentially boost all eco-friendly technologies. FCEVs produce zero emissions at the point of use—only water vapor is released.