Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2010

CO 2 emissions from US coal-fired power plant could be phased out entirely by 2030 using existing technologies or ones that could be commercially competitive with coal within about a decade, according to a paper published online 30 April in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Kharecha et al.

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Coal Emissions Oil-Sands Climate Change 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

In the transportation sector, consumption and emissions trends in the past have been driven by changes in travel demand, fuel prices, and fuel economy regulations. Natural gas surpassed coal to become the most prevalent fuel used to generate electricity in the United States in 2016.

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Gas Emissions Energy Coal 220

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. There is no credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets without CO 2 emissions reduction from existing coal power plants. We may not see a strong CO 2 price signal for many years.

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Coal MIT CO2 Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. Transportation-related CO2 emissions increased by 38 million metric tons (MMmt) (2.1%) in 2015. from 2014 levels.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Fossil fuel subsidies amount to hundreds of billions of dollars worldwide, and removing them has been held up as a key answer to climate change mitigation. However, the study found that the growth of CO 2 emissions by 2030 would only be 1-5% lower than if subsidies had been maintained, regardless of whether oil prices are low or high.

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Emissions Fuel CO2 Oil 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

The Brent crude oil spot price averaged $112 per barrel in 2012, and EIA’s July 2013 Short-Term Energy Outlook projects averages of $105 per barrel in 2013 and $100 per barrel in 2014. Despite rising fuel prices, use of liquids for transportation increases by an average of 1.1% Liquid fuels.

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2010 Transportation Fuel Energy 317

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 Coal consumption increased globally by 5.4 % in 2011, which is an above average growth, and accounts for 30.3%

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

The researchers found that while EVs do offer a very promising solution to energy issues due to their replacement of petroleum fuels, for now “ the high pollution levels of coal-fired power plants will trade off EVs’ potential energy benefits in China ”. The power of EVs is electricity from the grid.

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Coal Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Pollution 291

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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Climate Change Climate Oil Chevron 358

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

The decrease was driven by the economic downturn, combined with a significant switch from coal to natural gas as a source of electricity generation, according to the EIA. decline in coal-based CO 2 emissions for 2009. Increases in coal consumption, primarily in the electric power sector, is expected to lead to a 1.1%

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2009 Emissions Gasoline Fuel 220

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Methanol can be produced from a range of renewable sources and fossil-fuel based feed-stocks; in practice methanol is mainly produced in coal-rich China from coal. The BIT researchers estimated that a 30% fuel-cost saving could be attained if methanol was burnt even though the price of crude oil has decreased by more than 50%.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Pulverized coal is often used as the flame fuel, and fuel is also added to heat and drive the calciner and preheaters.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Global CO2 emissions increased from 15.3 Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

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2008 Oil Renewable Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

Natural gas is projected to be the fastest growing fossil fuel, and coal and oil are likely to lose market share as all fossil fuels experience lower growth rates. Toward the end of the period, coal demand in China will no longer be rising and China is projected to become the world’s largest oil consumer. Coal will increase by 1.2%

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Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

FCA is used to evaluate the energy and GHG emission impacts of a wide variety of existing and proposed fuels, including fossil options (coal-to-liquids, gas-to-liquids, unconventional petroleum) as well as electricity, gaseous fuels and biofuels from a range of feedstocks. It has not been used to specify fuel regulations.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Climate 268

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Although emissions vary by plant and with the specific type of fuel, EPA provided illustrative examples of CO 2 emissions from EGUs: Conventional coal: 1,800 lbs CO 2 /MWh. Coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS): 200 lbs CO 2 /MWh. A company could build a coal?fired Natural Gas Combined Cycle: 820 lbs CO 2 /MWh.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 –and that means it has a real chance of achieving the goal set by governments at the COP28 climate change conference of tripling global capacity by 2030. 2024 will be the year renewables change from a nuisance for the fossil fuel industry to an existential threat.

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Renewable Solar Financing Installation 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9

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Global Energy Green Coal 338

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

World oil prices have fallen sharply from their July 2008 high mark. As the world’s economies recover, higher world oil prices are assumed to return and to persist through 2030. In the IEO2009 reference case, world oil prices rise to $110 per barrel in 2015 (in real 2007 dollars) and $130 per barrel in 2030.

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2006 Emissions Energy Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix toward renewable fuels, according to the reference case for the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 ( AEO2010 ) released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Renewable 2010 Oil Energy 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

China is about to become the largest oil-importing country and India becomes the largest importer of coal by the early 2020s. Together, these changes represent a re-orientation of energy trade from the Atlantic basin to the Asia-Pacific region, according to the report’s scenario. —WEO-2013.

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Oil 2013 Energy Emissions 275

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Of the fossil fuel subsidies, $70.2billion went to traditional sources such as coal and oil with just $2.3billion dedicated to carbon capture and storage, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Why is so much money dedicated to fossil fuels?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

This along with increasing demand can cause large swings in price and availability. Fuel independence would alleviate uncertainties in the world market supply of oil along with commercial fluctuations in price. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels. Dorner et al. Dorner et al.

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Climate Change Production CO2 2009 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

But the average oil price remains high, approaching $120/barrel (in year-2010 dollars) in 2035. If, between 2011 and 2015, investment in the MENA region runs one-third lower than the $100 billion per year required, consumers could face a near-term rise in the oil price to $150/barrel. —WEO 2011. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Transportation Cheap Energy 247

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

An (expected) high price tag. The reason theyre starting with high priced sports cars is because aiming at that market is the easiest way for them to fund R&D and scale up production so they can make smaller more practical EVs for the masses. So, Nimrod, didnt you realize that FCVs would cause CO2 emissions as well? Small size.

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Dodge Circuit Dodge Electric Cars Chrysler 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. and tap clean, renewable energy sources.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. 9/4/07 Nick Reilly, the President of General Motors Asia Pacific, said that GM is looking at leasing batteries for the Volt to customers, rather than asking them to pay a prohibitive price for the new technology. People wont buy a full car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electrical 103

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. If you charge with solar, is way less. Follow the money.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But it is a price that must be paid, and GM should be commended for remaining committed to the Volt. Not really sure where all the money is going, but it seems like the Volt is already over-priced and under performing. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 30, 2010

Here on the local scene in the South Bay of Los Angeles our local elected officials are doing their homework, understand the tipping point we now stand upon and are acting to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by completing their carbon inventories and creating Climate Action Plans to get us to the safe zone of 350 ppm of CO2.

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