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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

Green Car Congress

Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.]. Human toxicity [kg 1,4-DC-eq.]. Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second]. Terrestrial toxicity [kg 1,4-DC.-eq.]. Toxicity of marine aquatic environments [kg 1,4-DC-eq.]. Toxicity of non-marine aquatic environments [kg 1,4-DC-eq.]. Smog formation [kg NMVOC-eq.].

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And personally I like better simple solutions. Im gonna post a couple excerpts here: Most ozone pollution is caused by motor vehicles, which account for 72% of nitrogen oxides and 52% of reactive hydrocarbons (principal components of smog). (7, but its never even been close to the amount of garbage that gas power vehicles produce.