Plugs and Cars

APRIL 18, 2007

Of our "alternative fuel" options, only electricity can truly be made renewably (wind, solar, geothermal, small hydro), with no carbon or other noxious emissions. Tags: renewable electricity ethanol. And only electric drive cars can operate truly zero-emission.

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Ozone Alternative Fuels Renewable Wind 100

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

in 2018 (2000-2018 average year-over-year increase is 6.8%), continuing the increasing trend as they replace Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) being phased out under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Industry is already increasing the use of alternatives to petroleum diesel, including renewable diesel and biodiesel. tons per person to 10.7

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2020 California Emissions 2018 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.]. Primary energy, non-renewable [Megajoule]. Primary energy, renewable [Megajoule]. 2020) Submitted to Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ]. Natural land transformation [m 2 ].

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

replacing 75% of cars with electric vehicles and increasing renewable energy for every generation—savings could reach as much as $70 billion annually. Results show that in more aggressive scenarios—i.e.,

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Climate Change Pollution Climate 2014 261

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Biofuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel can displace fossil fuels and reduce the amount of fossil-based CO 2 emissions released into the atmosphere. The percent of biodiesel and renewable diesel in the total diesel blend have shown a significant growth in recent years, going from 1% in 2012 to 18% in 2017.

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2017 2016 Transportation Emissions 230

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (kg Ethene equivalent). Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? to ozone layer), the results of the reaction of sunlight on NO x and volatile organic compounds. water, and non-renewable energies (crude oil, coal.) Primary Energy Demand (MJ) (renewable and non-renewable).

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Li-ion Gasoline-Electric Ozone Diesel 364

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

Approximately 70% of the reductions needed to meet the ozone standard in the South Coast in 2031 would come from existing or proposed regulatory actions. The framework also includes the Cap-and-Trade Program, the Mobile Source Strategy, the Advanced Clean Car Program, the Renewables Portfolio Standard and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Climate California Ozone Pollution 199

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In addition, other studies have shown that increases in PM 2.5 , NO 2 , and ozone were associated with lower test scores that were “equivalent to the effects of short-term reductions of thousands of dollars in district median household income.” The more vehicles that switch to running on electricity, the better.

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Fleet Pollution Diesel Ozone 123

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Up there, 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, ozone molecules absorb the sun’s ultraviolet light, protecting life far below. Even less is understood about the potential risks to people and the environment—could the particles deplete the ozone layer, for example, or significantly alter the weather? about 0.6 °C.

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Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate 117

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2010

Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components.

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Ozone North Carolina Energy 2010 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

ARB staff developed this strategy using a multi-pollutant scenario planning tool ( Vision 2.0 ) that quantifies changes in ozone and PM 2.5 The electrical grid and hydrogen supply supporting these electric vehicles will need to represent 50% renewable energy generation. Vision 2.0 Projected statewide light duty vehicle technology mix.

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Clean Cleaning Emissions Cleaner 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

80.27, “high ozone season” means the period from June 1 to September 15 of any calendar year and “regulatory control period” means the period from May 1 to September 15 of any calendar year. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. 40 CFR § 80.27 addresses controls and prohibitions on gasoline volatility.

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Blink Charging

APRIL 21, 2022

To be classified as green energy , an energy source must be renewable and must not release pollution into the atmosphere. Some kinds of green energy include: Wind Energy: Thought to be the most renewable form of energy, wind energy is suited to high altitudes or undeveloped plains. than gas-fueled vehicles. . Types of Green Energy.

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Green Energy Pollution Ozone 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

When we use clean, renewable energy, we are not just fulfilling the Paris Agreement to mitigate the effects of climate change, we could also reduce air pollution-related death rates in Europe by up to 55%. They focused particularly on PM 2.5

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Pollution Europe Cyprus Bulgaria 320

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Nevertheless, it is projected that even with the entire on-road fleet of heavy-duty vehicles compliant with the 2010 standards, upcoming National Ambient Air Quality Standards requirements for ozone attainment cannot be achieved in California’s worst air basins without further significant reductions in NO x emissions from heavy-duty fleets.

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Grant Gas Engine Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2017

This is in contrast to the conventional mobile AC system, where the cabin air is directly cooled by the refrigerant HFC-134a, which is ozone safe but has a high GWP. The new SL-MAC system, which is testing the low-GWP refrigerants, is expected to increase vehicle energy efficiency. A2L and A2 are safety classifications.

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Motor Motors Motoring Vehicles 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

These technologies include, but are not limited to, advanced aftertreatment and waste heat recovery; lean-burn plus lean-NO x emissions traps; integration of zero-emission miles technologies; further refinements in reducing friction and parasitic energy losses; and widespread utilization of renewable and natural gas and hydrogen blends.

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power. 1990; Anisimov, 2007] and chemical production of ozone in already-polluted locations [Jacobson, 2008b]. These three gases are all greenhouse gases, and ozone is a surface air pollutant. Dessler et al., 2008] and methane [Schutz et al.,

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Global Ozone CO2 Pollution 230

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

Percent reduction in visible solar energy due to ambient PM (plus a small contribution from ozone) (A), only dust PM deposition (B) deposition of all PM components (C), and atmospheric and deposited combined (D; note change in scale). Credit: ACS, Bergin et al. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Energy Global Production 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In the absence of major technological innovations or policy changes, the United States is unlikely to meet cellulosic biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) by 2022, according to a new report from the National Research Council. Economic effects.

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Renewable Tax Credit Conversion Standards 252

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Use of electric vehicles would achieve greater reductions in GHG emissions, corresponding to the rate that the electric grid becomes cleaner, through greater reliance on renewables and low- and non-emitting generation. This research points to the importance of two fundamental and parallel trends in energy and the environment.

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EPRI Cleaner Grid Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

WMO is also striving to improve weather and climate services for the renewable energy sector and to support the Green Economy and sustainable development. It also plays an important role in the destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer which protects us from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun. parts per billion.

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2016 Climate Climate Change 2015 186

Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Eliminating ICE buses will go a long way toward making schools healthier for students. Fortunately, there are funding programs in place to help school boards transition away from ICE buses and help their students live healthier lives.

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Fleet Electric Electrical United States 60

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Many of the strategies employed to reduce GHG emissions will also work to meet the national ambient air quality standard for ozone in 2032. However, to achieve the needed transportation GHG reductions and the corresponding 2032 ozone standards, the market uptake of advanced technologies will need to be accelerated.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The State’s organic waste should be put to beneficial use, such as for soil amendments/compost, electrical generation, transportation fuel, and pipeline-injected renewable natural gas. Organic wastes converted to biogas could supply enough renewable natural gas for about 2 million residential units.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Meanwhile, environmentalists were voicing concern—about how noisy such aircraft are taking off, about the possibility that their high-altitude emissions would erode the ozone layer, and about how disruptive the sonic booms would be. The last of these issues was perhaps the most vexing, prompting the U.S.

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Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 108

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

eutrophication; ET = ecological toxicity; FEC = fossil energy consumption; WU = water use; LO = land occupation; “The rest” includes acidification; smog formation; ozone layer depletion; and human health effects. GW = global warming; Eut. Credit: ACS, Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Water Emissions Minnesota 357

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants.

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California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The cap-and-trade joins a suite of other major climate program measures including standards for ultra-clean cars (Advanced Clean Cars, earlier post ), low-carbon fuels (Low Carbon Fuel Standard, earlier post ) and renewable electricity. the destruction of existing stores of ozone-depleting substances in the U.S.

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2012 California Climate Change Climate 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2014

carbon energy supply from renewables; nuclear energy and fossil energy with carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS); or bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) by the year 2050. benefits together with mitigation options that can be increased by technology advances. benefits in the short term. Mitigation strategies, when associated with non?climate

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Emissions Climate Change 2000 Climate 257

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Recently, researchers have produced a new zeolite that is surprisingly stable and makes very little nitrous oxide from nitric oxide, a chemical that depletes ozone. This work was supported by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Ja Hun Kwak, Jong H. Lee, Sarah D. Burton, Andrew S. 201303498.

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Li-ion Diesel 2013 Water 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

A large portion of missions growth is driven by HFCs, because demand for refrigeration and air conditioning is increasing and because HFCs are predominantly used as alternatives for ozone-depleting substances, which are being phased out under the Montreal Protocol.

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Climate 2020 Emissions Climate Change 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. Ozone concentration increases were modeled for small areas near central Denver.

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Denver Ozone PHEV Colorado 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive. The rail sector is the only transportation modality without significant emissions related development that is feasible in the near-term to eliminate ozone, smog and GHG emissions, OptiFuel says.

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Grant Hybrid Ozone EPA 243

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. The draft establishes a Renewable Portfolio Standard—i.e., Partnering with the States.

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Climate Standards Carbon California 186

Plugs and Cars

JULY 19, 2007

And the grid is getting cleaner and more renewable every year. Simply put, the study found what advocates of electric transportation have long held to be true: as regards greenhouse gases and pollution generally speaking, the worst electricity is still better than petroleum.

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Plug-in EPRI Plug Sierra 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

ozone depletion potential (ODP). photochemical ozone creation potential. To help determine its carbon offset projects, Volkswagen teamed with 3Degrees , a renewable energy and carbon offset services provider. Click to enlarge. acidification potential. global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP).

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Carbon Personal Store Emissions 150