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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. No one talks about the dirty process of how petrol is made Stop using oil.

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Two Crore Electric Vehicles By 2030 In India: Nitin Gadkari

Electric Vehicles India

The push towards electric vehicles is in response to the growing concern over air pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, and the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Gadkari said “the country spends around 16 lakh crore for importing petrol and diesel.

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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

Green Car Congress

WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. —“Don’t Pollute My Future”. The report, Don’t pollute my future!

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.

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Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

EV Central

Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024 The legislation has been watered down from the preferred ‘Option B’ the government presented in its impact analysis published in early February, which was followed by a month of intense debate and attracted many submissions from auto makers, interest groups and individuals.

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List of The Best 10 Alternative Fuels for Cars that Could Replace Gasoline

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from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. 1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3 Even though compressed air results no air pollution, its inefficiency in conversion and low energy density makes it less competitive. Carbon dioxide emission of Autogas is around 15% less than that of petrol. #9

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Chempolis partners with Avantha Group on cellulosic ethanol in India

Green Car Congress

Nevertheless, the country just doubled its target of blending ethanol with gasoline to 10% in an effort to reduce pollution and to help money-losing sugar companies. This partnership can help India achieve 10% ethanol blending levels in petrol and 20% blending ratio by 2017. —Rajeev Vederah, Chairman, ACIRD.

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