Thankfully that’s changing. We know as well as anyone that emissions need to be curbed for the sake of everyone’s health and for the sake of keeping the planet habitable, so we’re genuinely pleased to see a whole bunch of (relatively) affordable electric cars emerging – ones that don...
2) Yes, you’ll probably need oil to make synthetic rubber. So what? Nobody said we were going to get rid of all oil consumption, just (try) to get rid of burning oil. That may or may not happen, but it won’t fail because of tires. Every moving part, including hinges,...
electric vehicles account for 12 percent of their chinese sales by 2020. ford won't get there with one model, and it doesn't want to give up on china, where it sold more than a million cars in 2017. meanwhile, the european union will implement more aggressive co 2 emissions limits ...
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How will you get to your office on time? A quick check of your internet-connected refrigerator magnet tells your train, which travels at speeds up to 230 miles an hour, is a bit behind schedule, too. So you decide to drive your environmentally-friendly hydrogen fuel cell car instead, or...
where labor abuses are a big problem Regardless, Joe Biden hascommittedthe US tohalving its emissions from peak levelsthis decade. Longer term, he’s pushing for a clean-energy grid by 2035 and net zero emissions by 2050. In order to reach those goals, the US will need large quantities ...
Despite ambitious commitments to reduce greenhouse gases dramatically to reach net zero global emissions by 2050, G-20 governments are still unable to turn lofty goals into a credible plan. Things are likely to come to a head in autumn, when G-20 leaders meet, and later in November when int...
technologies have a history of failing to achieve their lofty goals. so when that isn't enough? if greenhouse gas emissions are warming earth, you change the emissions, sure, but maybe you also change the earth. that's geoengineering, and people have been talking about it—by other names—...