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Canada's Oil Sands Spew Massive Amounts of Unmonitored Polluting Gases

04 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"...researchers factored out greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and instead tracked only molecules important to air quality...The sands release...pollution-causing gases...about the same as the rest of Canada's human-generated sources combined

"...these pollution-causing gases from the oil sands are 20 to 64 times what has been detailed in industry reports based on standard monitoring techniques."

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'Gold' Hydrogen: Natural Deposits Are Turning Up All Over The World – But How Useful Is It In Our Move Away From Fossil Fuels?

02 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"The latest geological research suggests that cheap and plentiful supplies of naturally occurring hydrogen could be found right under our feet...Gold hydrogen is naturally occurring gas trapped in pockets under the ground

"The question is: will any of these deposits (which are being found all over the world) be large enough to justify the cost of the drills, pipelines and so on that are needed to extract them?"

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Crash Tests Indicate Nation's Guardrail System Can't Handle Heavy Electric Vehicles

02 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"The nearly 4-ton (3.6 metric ton) 2022 Rivian R1T tore through the metal guardrail and hardly slowed until hitting a concrete barrier yards away on the other side.

"The concern over the weight of electric vehicles stretches beyond vehicle-to-vehicle crashes and compatibility with guardrails...The extra weight will affect everything from faster wear on residential streets and driveways to vehicle tires and infrastructure like parking garages."

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Revoy EV Promises To Electrify Diesel Semis In Minutes

02 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"By packing batteries and an electric drive axle into a tandem trailer that fits between a conventional semi truck and trailer, Revoy EV promises to 'electrify' trucking and cut a fleet's fuel bill in half.

"The Revoy EV has a range of about 250 miles, which comparable to the 2nd generation Volvo VNR Electric and the Freightliner eCascadia models...the Revoy doesn't fit into any special legal loopholes that can help make that mass go away

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Why Elon Musk's $55.8 Billion Compensation Package From Tesla Was Struck Down by Judge

02 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"...equity court that resolves disputes involving Delaware corporations, sided with an investor who sued over Musk's compensation...the plan is the largest potential compensation opportunity ever observed in public markets by multiple orders of magnitude - 250 times larger than the contemporaneous median peer compensation plan and over 33 times larger than the plan's closest comparison, which was Musk's prior compensation plan."

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Fossil Fuel Industry Was Aware of Climate Threats as Early as 1954, New Documents Reveal

02 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"...recently uncovered documents reveal is that this early research by Keeling was partially funded by 'oil and auto companies'...told of the potential future impacts of carbon dioxide emissions from human sources on people and the climate back in 1954.

"..it is now possible to date the earliest sponsorship of climate science by the fossil fuel industry to 1954, approximately a quarter of a century before Exxon's internal research program"

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GM Reverses All-In EV Strategy To Bring Back Plug-In Hybrids

01 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"...automakers are running up against the current limits of EV demand though, they're looking for other ways to curb fleet emissions. In GM''s case, that way is an about-face and return to PHEVs...plans include bringing our plug-in hybrid technology to select vehicles in North America

"This strategy is an almost 180-degree turnaround from GM''s electrification trajectory in recent years...GM's EV ambitions have been tempered by recalls and lukewarm product launches..."

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Congress Finally Agrees On Electric Bike Bill - But Not The One Everyone Wanted

01 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"A new bill pending in the House of Representatives seeks to give the Consumer Product Safety Commission an explicit directive to create federal standards for the construction and importation of electric bike batteries...

"Let's see if we can't find a way to build on this bipartisan momentum to actually get more e-bikes out there replacing cars - the real killers."

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As Electric Bus Market Expands In US, Manufacturers Struggle To Keep Up

01 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"Fueled by funding from the federal government, cities across the country are accelerating the transition to electric vehicles for public transit systems - although turmoil in the electric bus industry could hamper those rollouts.

"[There are] challenges with the market supply demand, with Proterra going bankrupt and Nova shifting out of the U.S. market, that really only leaves a couple of [original equipment manufacturers] that can build these buses - and everybody's transitioning."

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Sirius Aviation AG Debuts World's First Hydrogen-Electric Ducted Fan Powertrain

01 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"This historic occasion marked the inaugural firing of an aviation engine within a presentation room, releasing only water vapor and zero pollutants...The hydrogen-electric powered jet propulsion has the potential to revolutionize the aviation industry by providing an emissions-free option.

"Jet will take flight in two versions: Sirius Business Jet tailored to private jet needs, and Sirius Millennium Jet, crafted for commercial aviation."

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The True Cost Of Japan's Linear Bullet Train

01 Feb 2024 | Synopsis

"The magnetically levitated ('maglev') bullet train can reach speeds of 500 kilometers per hour and is scheduled to link Tokyo to Nagoya in 40 minutes by 2027 and to Osaka in just 67 minutes by 2045

"...the Linear will, in fact, use anywhere from three to four times as much energy per person to power as the current Tokaido Shinkansen...'pro-Linear groups just emphasize how great the Linear is,' but tend to ignore its negative aspects."

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Electrified Transport Investment Soared Globally in '23, Passing Renewable Energy

31 Jan 2024 | Synopsis

"...because of the long lives of vehicles, investment decisions today will take a while to translate into emissions reductions.

"Global investment in the energy transition totaled $1.77 trillion in 2023, an increase of 17 percent from the prior year, according to the report. Electrified transport spending was $634 billion, an increase of 36 percent...The United States was second with an investment of $303 billion, up 22 percent from the prior year."

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