Für die Senkung der CO2-Emissionen im Verkehrssektor sind die sogenannten E-Fuels keine Lösung. Diese synthetischen Kraftstoffe haben kaum Potenzial, um dafür zu sorgen, dass Verbrenner gegenüber einem vollelektrischen Fahrzeug besser dastehen. (Weiter lesen)...
UK Renewable Energy Capacity Surpasses Fossil Fuels For First Time
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, in a milestone that experts said would have been unthinkable a few years ago. In the past five years,
Verkehr: E-Autos sind immer deutlich besser als Verbrenner mit E-Fuels
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Für die Senkung der CO2-Emissionen im Verkehrssektor sind die sogenannten E-Fuels keine Lösung. Diese synthetischen Kraftstoffe haben kaum Potenzial, um dafür zu sorgen, dass Verbrenner gegenüber einem vollelektrischen Fahrzeug besser dastehen.
Two-Thirds of Americans Give Priority To Developing Alternative Energy Over Fossil Fuels
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Pew Research Center: A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 65% of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy sources, compared with 27% who would emphasize expanded production of fossil fuel
Two-Thirds of Americans Give Priority To Developing Alternative Energy Over Fossil Fuels
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Pew Research Center: A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 65% of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy sources, compared with 27% who would emphasize expanded production of fossil fuel
The World's Astonishing Dependence On Fossil Fuels Hasn't Changed In 40 Years
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schwit1 shares a report from Quartz, adding: "Maybe 'dependence' is a poor description of poor people using the ready availability of cheap energy to help lift themselves out of poverty": There are few ways to understand why. First, most of the world's
Renewable Energy Set To Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels By 2020, Says Report
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Continuous technological improvements have led to a rapid fall in the cost of renewable energy in recent years, meaning some forms can already comfortably compete with fossil fuels. The report
Ireland Becomes World's First Country To Divest From Fossil Fuels
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The Republic of Ireland will become the world's first country to sell off its investments in fossil fuel companies, after a bill was passed with all-party support in the lower house of parliament.
Clean Electricity Overtaking Fossil Fuels In Britain
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain is obtaining more power from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuels. The milestone has been passed for the first five months of 2019. National
What Fuels Autocracies Fuels Corruption
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Hungary and Brazil aren’t outliers: Leaders in China, Bolivia, Cambodia, India, and elsewhere are using sweeping measures — some of them newly implemented — to restrict civil society.
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Renewable Power Surpasses Fossil Fuels For First Time In Europe
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Japan Times: Renewable power for the first time contributed a bigger share in the European generation mix than fossil fuels as the fallout from the pandemic cut energy demand. About 40 percent of the electricity
Fossil Fuels Caused 8.7 Million Deaths Globally in 2018, Research Finds
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Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7 million deaths globally in 2018, a staggering one in five of all people who died that year, new research has found. From a report: Countries with the most
Colombia's New President Gustavo Petro Pledges To Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
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Colombia has elected its first left-wing president, setting the Latin American nation on a path to wind down its fossil fuel production. From a report: Leftist Gustavo Petro was voted in Sunday night alongside Goldman prize-winning environmental campaigner