Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2009
Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2013
Separately, a new study by Duke University researchers published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology concludes that the cost of complying with tougher EPA air-quality standards could spur an increased shift away from coal and toward natural gas for electricity generation.
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2009
The system also holds the potential to reduce the cost of producing chemicals, transportation fuels, and substitute natural gas from gasified coal. The 50-MWe system will include technologies to remove trace elements such as mercury and arsenic, capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), and extract more than 99.9%
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
Marketing the use of biobased materials being used in an automobile costs money and must be part of the consideration in the cost of using biobased parts. Soy-foam headliners were put in place for the 2010 Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Under a range of resource cost scenarios, most coal power plants would be replaced by solar, wind, gas, and/or nuclear generation, with intermittent renewable sources providing at least 17% and as much as 29% of total power by 2030. —Daniel Kammen.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2011
Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Log scale) Source: EEA.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
In EPA’s analysis of the regulatory impact, the costs of reducing ozone to 0.070 ppm would range from an estimated $19 billion to $25 billion per year in 2020. For a tougher standard of 0.060 ppm, the costs would range from $52 billion to $90 billion.
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