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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. —Robert B.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
The violent vertical thrusts of the quake ruptured gas lines and water mains. In Tokyo, the fires merged into a firestorm so intense that it created its own wind system and set alight the city’s many wooden buildings. Palmieri’s seismograph consisted of U-shaped tubes filled with mercury. Survivors rushed to seek safety.
Setec Powerr
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) represents a significant step towards environmental sustainability. Addressing their disposal is critical to maintaining the environmental integrity of electric mobility. Addressing their disposal is critical to maintaining the environmental integrity of electric mobility.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2013
Continue efforts to decarbonize the economy, with emphasis on the electricity sector. Broadening the tax credit for wind to include all forms of renewable energy, replacing the annual renewal with a longer time horizon of 5 to 10 years. Examples include electric cars, geothermal heat pumps, and advanced biofuels.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping. At a predetermined temperature threshold, the absorbed heat will deform a metal finger that mechanically closes an electrical switch.
Cars That Think
JULY 9, 2022
Zadeh received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Tehran in 1942. His choice of subject for his master’s thesis, though, marked one of the first times he would sail against the prevailing technical winds. And mostly he’s been right, particularly about the importance of computers in electrical engineering.”.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
Sulfur—easily turned into sulfuric acid—is a necessary tool for creating fertilizer and extracting heavy metals from their ores before they can go into batteries, wind turbines, and electric vehicle components. The minerals that contain sulfur often also tend to contain toxic metals like mercury, arsenic, and thallium.
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