Remove China Remove Climate Change Remove Coal Remove Information
article thumbnail

Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much. For instance, recent U.S.

article thumbnail

PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation

Green Car Congress

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. —PCAST letter to the President. The six key components are: 1.

article thumbnail

Why Aren’t Energy Flows Diagrams Used More To Inform Decarbonization?

CleanTechnica EVs

The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don't need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.

Energy 101
article thumbnail

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Green Car Congress

Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Note the decrease in size of the purple region over northeastern China. Click to enlarge.

India 170
article thumbnail

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

Green Car Congress

gigatonne gap between CO 2 emissions calculated on the basis of the two publicly available official energy data sets from China: one national, the other provincial. Differences in reported coal consumption in coal washing and manufacturing are the main contributors to the discrepancy in official energy statistics, they found.

Emissions 218
article thumbnail

US-China Clean Energy Research Center issues $12.5M solicitation to address the energy-water nexus; $50M effort in all

Green Car Congress

million Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) ( DE-FOA-0001285 ) for a new technical track under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center ( CERC ) that addresses water-related aspects of energy production and use. This US investment will be matched by an equivalent effort in China, bringing the total bilateral investment to $50 million.

Water 150
article thumbnail

Black carbon linked to increased cardiovascular risk; exacerbated by co-exposure to motor vehicle emissions

Green Car Congress

China’s particulate matter (PM) air pollution significantly exceeds health guidelines and is driven by industrial emissions, motor vehicles, and household use of biomass and coal fuels. y) in China’s rural Yunnan province, where biomass fuels are commonly used. China Climate Change Emissions Health'

Carbon 275