Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2009
In the examples cited in the report, biomass for biofuels has the largest and widest ranging footprint: from 24,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in the Netherlands to 143,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in Zimbabwe. Data: WBCSD (2009). Click to enlarge. Both water use and energy use impact and depend on ecosystems.
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 19, 2009
How about if we give it to you in those big denomination Zimbabwe dollars? By which GM’s head Putz means more money from you and me for a car company that will soon be going bankrupt and stiffing everyone they owe. Now that’s funny! Really Bob? Even MORE money for GM? Maybe some Washington Mutual stock instead?
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