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Member of Swiss National Councils fills up with sunfire solar diesel to call attention to need for regulatory reform

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In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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IEEE Discusses 6 Simple Solutions to Climate Change at COP27

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At COP27, he said that even though the first legally binding international treaty on climate change, known as the Paris Agreement , was adopted nearly a decade ago, countries have yet to come to a consensus on how to stop burning fossil fuels, among other issues. We don’t have enough solar energy and wind energy.”

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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solar and wind), water and CO 2 to produce liquid or gaseous fuels with a very low carbon intensity. The policy side; test case in Switzerland. Switzerland’s Two-Chamber Parliament. The key technology for splitting CO 2 from ambient air at reasonable cost was developed in Switzerland. —Reiner Mangold.

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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX covers more than 621 miles on single charge

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The first leg from Sindelfingen to the north-eastern border of Switzerland runs along Autobahn 81. This world-beating figure for a road-legal vehicle results from the intelligent interaction of many individual measures. At times, the VISION EQXX sliced through the wind at speeds of up to 140 km/h (87 mph).

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