lifecycle emissions Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 05:35:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electric Vehicles, NOT an Environmental Abomination https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-environmental-abomination-20131118/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-environmental-abomination-20131118/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:21:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=43647 “Electric vehicles have zero tailpipe emissions,” might say one electric vehicle proponent, while others might say, “but the carbon dioxide from the power plant is the same as filling up a conventional vehicle.” Electric vehicle proponents, such as ourselves here on The Green Optimistic, are not blind when it comes to electric vehicle lifecycle emissions. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicles-environmental-abomination-20131118/feed/ 0 43647 Lifecycle Emissions – Electric Vehicles Cleaner, Renault Study https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lifecycle-emissions-electric-vehicles-cleaner-renault-study-20130725/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lifecycle-emissions-electric-vehicles-cleaner-renault-study-20130725/#respond Thu, 25 Jul 2013 18:50:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39873 Looking at electric vehicles in combination with some renewable energy source, you might properly come to the conclusion that they are cleaner than conventional vehicles. Electric vehicle use emissions are most definitely cleaner, but what happens when you consider lifecycle emissions? For example, aside from the power supply that is used to charge the lithium-ion […]

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