Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: climate change, coal, electricity generation, emissions, energy, energy demand, EVs, fossil fuels, IEA, renewable energy
The more we talk about it, the worse it gets.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Americans, climate change, driving, energy, energy consumption, gas prices, pollution, transportation, USA, vehicle miles traveled, Vmt
After a few years of sweet reversal of the VMT (Vehicle Miles Traveled) chart, then a few years of bouncing along what looked like a New Normal, things have turned around in a big way. Cheap gas being the primary culprit. Back to our old ways just like that, and making up for lost time.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/travel_monitoring/15augtvt/figure1.cfm
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: carbon credits, climate change, electric cars, EV, Honda Fit EV, PEV, Tesla, transportation
Honda is not selling the Fit EV with gas under 4$/gal. Lowered their lease price by one third.
Under a complicated formula that varies by state, automakers earn “zero emission vehicle” credits for each electric vehicle they sell or lease, and they’re expected to rack up a certain number of credits each year. Not all green cars are equal: All-electric models such as the Fit EV are worth more credits than plug-in hybrid models with gasoline engines like the Volt. The number of credits the carmakers must earn rises each year, and the companies face fines for falling short. (They can buy credits from other companies, such as electric-only Tesla Motors (TSLA), that sell too few cars to be subject to regulation yet still earn credits which they are allowed to sell. Tesla made $85 million selling California and federal credits in the first quarter of 2013.)
via Why Honda's Unloading Electric Cars for Cheap – Businessweek.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: climate change, CO2, coal, coal-fired plants, emissions, energy, EPA, EPA rule, greenhouse gases, Natural gas
…on that whole renewable energy thing, let alone make real changes.
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it would delay issuance of a new rule limiting emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from new power plants after the electric power industry objected on legal and technical grounds.
The rule, proposed a year ago and scheduled to be finalized on Saturday, would have put in place the first restrictions on climate-altering gases from the power sector in the United States. Agency officials said it would be rewritten to address the concerns raised by the industry, which said that strict new carbon standards could not be met using existing technology.
via E.P.A. to Delay Emissions Rule at New Power Plants – NYTimes.com.
If we did start moving in the right direction, people would complain bitterly about the ‘inconveniences’ caused.
Filed under: maps | Tags: AGW, CH4, climate change, climate science, CO2, global warming, heat wave, meteorologist, nashville, politics, record heat
is on the street
Industrialized Cyclist Notepad 