Life Cycle Assessment
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Electric Cars Don't Use Fossil Fuel, but what's the Environmental Impact and Life Cycle of the Batteries?
By Matt Oden Last Updated on 03/12/2010 - 10:37 |
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Electric vehicles are often hailed as the panacea, or silver bullet, for the transportation sector of the climate debate. However, how many of us truly understand the environmental impact or life cycle analysis of the batteries that must be built, maintained, and disposed of? Is it even possible to recycle a battery from an... |
Electric and Hybrid Cars, Life Cycle Assessment, Mining, Mobile Source Emissions, Transportation |
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Sustainability is not Always Thrifty, It’s Necessary
By T. Caine Last Updated on 02/28/2010 - 23:21 |
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As “going green” has become more accepted and encouraged in the U.S. different parts of society are responding to the trend in different ways. Unsurprisingly, for businesses in our capitalistic, free-market economy the sell has often revolved around money and how sustainability offers efficiencies that will eventually pay for themselves. This heavy promise can turn heads in a... |
Climate Change, Energy, Life Cycle Assessment, sustainability |
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Motorcycles Create More Greenhouse Gas Emissions than SUVs
By Matt Oden Last Updated on 02/28/2010 - 23:25 |
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If you thought that Hummer drivers were bad, think again. According to a study by the University of California Berkeley, emissions from motorcycles dwarf that of SUVs. In fact, a sport bike can be responsible for 1.5 times the total greenhouse gas emissions of a typical SUV over the lifetime of the vehicles... |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Life Cycle Assessment, Mobile Source Emissions, Tailpipe Emissions, Transportation |
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