Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

In an expected ruling, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy finalized her decision to maintain the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model years 2022-2025 cars and light trucks. The Standards Will Achieve Significant CO 2 and Oil Reductions. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

gasoline engine cutaway chassis. Propane fuel, when compared to diesel and gasoline, provides a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to reduce fuel costs with the federal tax credit of $0.50 the Collins Super Bantam). per gallon for propane. per gallon for propane.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Alcohol-based transportation fuels from a wide range of biomass feedstocks including agricultural, forestry, municipal and industrial waste and specially grown crops and trees can potentially offer a substantial substitute for oil derived fuel. Alcohol fuels can also be produced from natural gas or coal. —Bromberg and Cohn.

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Diesel Engine Downsizing Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Conducting this BTW analysis is simple and straightforward because it not only avoids uncertainties or debates for (i) biomass production-related issues, (ii) feedstock collection and transport, and (iii) land use change, but also excludes water consumption issues and greenhouse gas emissions in the whole biosystem.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 2, 2008

Water Supply, Researcher Says By Jennifer Bogo Popular Mechanics March 7, 2008 "A 30-mile commute in a gasoline-powered car would require the withdrawal of 18.9 All told, electric miles necessitate threefold the water consumption and 17 times the water withdrawal of gasoline miles. And what about the water used to refine gasoline?

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Otherwise it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s contro l.”. Walk the walk why don’t you?

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2008 Climate Change Climate Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Harmonizing fuel programs between state, federal, and foreign jurisdictions is useful to ensure the optimum reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the 2010 Low Carbon Fuels Policy Document, proposed recommendations are to use 2005 as baseline for reductions and to require 10% reductions within 10 years of implementation.

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Carbon Standards Fuel Oregon 244

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

STG+ technology converts syngas into drop-in high-octane gasoline and jet fuel with a conversion efficiency of ~35% by mass of syngas into liquid transportation fuels (the highest documented conversion efficiency in the industry) or greater than 70% by mass of natural gas. Primus Green Energy Inc., Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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Universal Gas Green Energy 239

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The costs premiums were $2,500, $5,000, and $10,000; and the fuel savings was estimated at 75% compared with a conventional gasoline engine. Only 31% thought reducing money spent on fuel was the main advantage, even though the price of gas was high during the time the survey was conducted. —Richard Curtin.

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Michigan Plug-in Cost Of Plug 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

Joan Ogden, Professor and Research Director, University of California, Davis; and Dr. Giorgio Rizzoni, Professor and Research Director, Ohio State University—were invited to provide independent scientific advice on the ZEV documents released by staff on 25 November 2009. Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen PHEV Grid Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

Three of the factors had extreme values capable of generating a drop in Detroit 3 profits: a gasoline price of $1.50 By the time gasoline prices spiked to more than $4 a gallon in July of last year, Ford and GM had already reported combined losses on their automotive operations of more than $57.2 billion.

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Fuel Economy Detroit Economy Michigan 150

Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

However, what about our US neighbours where ‘gas’ prices are distinctly lower and so-called muscle cars are seen as almost iconic and part of the culture? However, while this argument seemed to carry strong weight when US gas prices reached $4 a gallon, they now seem less relevant. Leave a comment with your thoughts.

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Green Cars Industrial Industry Green 36

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

The Optiblend kit displaces diesel with natural gas (up to 70%) or other alternative fuels, without modifications to the internal components or the stock fuel management system. The diesel oxidation catalyst and gas train components have been integrated into the oil field skid structure, following Hythane’s guidelines.

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Fuel Power Powered Colorado 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Set a target of reducing the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel by 10 to 15 percent by 2030. Create separate fuel pools for gasoline and diesel.

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Carbon Oil-Sands Standards Design 247

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

utilizing these ideas and instructions in an attempting to enhance national security, reduce gas consumption, vehicle "emissions", your carbon footprint, or smog, you do so at your own risk & peril. PriusPlus documentation process : CalCars Open Source documentation. PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. He makes his living off cars that run out of gas or break down because of the inadequacies of the internal combustion gasoline powered engine. They’ve got other priorities.

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Pollution Gas Climate Change Carbon 292

Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As a Board member I will advocate for: The Board to expand our web page to include a copy of our IRS designation, bylaws, and annual operating budget – these three documents communicate and reflect our core values and priorities. My philosophy is simple: Members own the organization and are the Boards’ boss.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2015

California’s transportation sector represents the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state at 37.3% billion gallons of finished gasoline burned in the state each year, Californians consume approximately 10 percent (1.5 billion gallons) as ethanol fuel (most of which is blended with gasoline).

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Pollution Economy Production Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

Based on the standard, each refiner, importer and non-oxygenate blender of gasoline determines the minimum volume of renewable fuel that it must ensure is used in its transportation fuel. To achieve these volumes, EPA calculates a percentage-based standard for the following year.

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EPA 2011 Renewable Standards 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Volkswagen engineers redesigned a large number of the base engine components to improve acoustics, fuel consumption, and exhaust gas emissions. This is referred to as the Gen 1 aftertreatment design in the EPA/ARB documents.). To attain the BIN5/LEV2 emission level, Volkswagen used the LNT for exhaust gas after-treatment.

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Diesel Engine Emissions Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 NHTSA details the modeling and the projections in the “Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis”, and the NHTSA/EPA “Draft Joint Technical Support Document”. Click to enlarge.

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters , concluded that even under highly optimistic assumptions the compressed-air car is significantly less efficient than a battery electric vehicle and produces more greenhouse gas emissions than a conventional gas-powered car with a coal intensive power mix.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

They deliberately suppressed and illegally covered up the EPA’s 2007 ENDANGERMENT FINDING that said the government should begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions because global warming posed serious risks to the country. Do something to lower gas prices, and you might exacerbate warming and, potentially, terrorism.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 Carbon 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2011

The latest report by the American Public Transportation Association documents a 3.8 There is no catalytic converter that can fully scrub the toxics that result from burning oil. While burning all those fuels has caused pollution just as surely as gasoline cars and trucks, we have options.

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San Francisco Fuel Coal Cars 100