Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

The oil majors reported poor earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, but many oil executives struck an optimistic tone about the road ahead. The collapse of oil prices forced the majors to slash spending on exploration, cut employees, defer projects, and look for efficiencies. per barrel, rising to $36.50.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

In two other scenarios considered, a high oil price scenario (using EIA projections) and a battery swap operator-subsidzied scenario, EV new vehicle sales penetration reaches 85% and 86% respectively by 2030. Electric Cars in the United States: A New Model with Forecasts to 2030” was written by Thomas Becker, a Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas earlier than estimated a year ago. Because quickly rising natural gas production outpaces domestic consumption, the United States will become a net exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2016 and a net exporter of total natural gas (including via pipelines) in 2020.

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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. Greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The WEO finds that the extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean a sea-change in global energy flows. In the New Policies Scenario, the WEO ’s central scenario, the United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas by 2020 and is almost self-sufficient in energy, in net terms, by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Reference case projections for US energy markets through 2035. EIA added a premium to the capital cost of CO 2 -intensive technologies to reflect current market behavior regarding possible future policies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

Currently, petroleum almost exclusively fuels the United States (US) transportation system. Electrification will also reduce oil dependence, providing foreign policy benefits and the potential to reduce real oil prices and oil price volatility. of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in the US.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

This is due to the intricate interrelationships between energy and commodity markets and the varied environmental consequences. Other findings from the study include: Ethanol policy can have a substantial impact on corn prices. However, production costs of US corn-ethanol are very high.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

While several high profile vehicle market introductions such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf have been initiated, questions remain regarding the potential to reach the 2015 goal. The performance and cost effectiveness of the early EVs in the market will be a major but unknowable factor in how many EVs are on the road by 2015.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

We’re about a year into this bear market and oil has been covered to death on the financial news but it is still being misreported. The shine is officially off shale in the debt markets. And these are only some of the challenges, the biggest being the cost of ramping up without cash flow to rely on. They won’t let them.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

The study, said Robert Carling, Director, Transportation Energy Center at Sandia, represents the first true value-chain approach to assessing the feasibility, implications, limitations, and enablers of large-scale production of biofuels in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The report, Plug-In Electric Vehicles: A Practical Plan for Progress , examines public policies toward PEVs, taking into account the promise and limitations of PEVs, recent improvements in battery technology, market dynamics, and the proliferation of policies around the world that promote the use of PEVs. Market Drivers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2009

The expected influx of large amounts of alcohol-based fuels and fuels derived from unconventional petroleum over the next decade may cause long-term world oil prices to be between 5 and 12% lower than they would be in the absence of those fuels. If these criteria are met, then aviation appears to be a ready market for their use.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The Middle East becomes the world’s second-largest gas consumer by 2020 and third-largest oil consumer by 2030, redefining its role in global energy markets. Oil use grows, but in a narrowing set of markets. Mobility and oil. The decline in oil use in OECD countries accelerates. Source: IEA.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Alternative technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles that use oil more efficiently or not at all, continue to advance but they take time to penetrate markets. Short-term pressures on oil markets are easing with the economic slowdown and the expected return of Libyan supply. billion in 2035. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2013

The new IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue study thus basically agrees with the conclusions of the US State Department’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Keystone XL that says oil sands production is expected to continue at similar levels regardless of whether Keystone XL goes forward. Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Some think Nissan is taking a gamble by rapidly moving into mass marketing of EVs, comparing the company’s approach to Toyota and Honda’s approach of “wait and see how the market materializes for EVs, then jump in.&# The gamble is that Nissan could grab the EV market and dominate it until BYD (China) enters the U.S.,

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