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QUANTIFY Study Finds GHG Emissions from Global Transport Could Double Their Net Contribution to Warming by 2100

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They then calculated the development in future global mean temperature for four transport scenarios consistent with the IPCC SRES scenarios, one mitigation scenario and one sensitivity test scenario. Road transport gives the largest contribution and will most likely continue to do so in the future. —Dr. Skeie et al. 2009.05.025.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. Russia might even become, miraculously and temporarily, less intransigent, and Europe might then welcome status quo ante. But Russia now has a huge ally in the world’s largest economy, China.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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And it's already clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the arrival of the future along several dimensions. One explanation for the low levels of economic development in Russia and Austria-Hungary during the 19th century was the ruling class's resistance to new technology and to institutional reform.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.