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Carmakers Failing to Deliver Affordable Electric Cars, Holding Back EV Adoption — Analysis

2 months ago Transport & Environment (T&E) 23 Comments

Just 17% of electric cars sold in Europe are compact vehicles in the cheaper B segment, compared to 37% of new combustion engines, new analysis finds. Carmakers are slowing EV adoption by prioritising sales of larger, more expensive electric cars, according to Transport & Environment (T&E), which conducted the research. Only 40 fully electric models were launched in the compact segments (A and B) between 2018 and 2023 compared to 66 large and luxury models (D and E), according to the report.

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Chemical Pollution Victims’ Voices Ignored for a European Industrial Deal

2 months ago Press Release 2 Comments

The Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, representing the nation’s Presidency of the EU Council, is hosting an industry summit tomorrow in collaboration with the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and its Belgian industry member association Essenscia at the port of Antwerp. This summit, attended by big businesses’ CEOs and … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated image of a Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car with square wheels
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated image of a Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car with square wheels

Even ChatGPT Knows Hydrogen Is A Square Wheel In Transportation

2 months ago Michael Barnard 100 Comments

Getting ChatGPT and its image-generating sibling DALL-E to put square wheels on vehicles is as tough as getting hydrogen to make any fiscal sense for ground transportation. Unless you ask it to put square wheels on a hydrogen vehicle, it seems. Michael Sura’ is a Slovakian transportation expert, with years … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic cutaway illustration you requested, showing the system that extracts natural gas from beneath the North Sea, the CO2 removal process, and the CO2 injection into a subsea salt brine cavern.
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic cutaway illustration you requested, showing the system that extracts natural gas from beneath the North Sea, the CO2 removal process, and the CO2 injection into a subsea salt brine cavern.

CCS Redux: “Best” Carbon Capture Facility In World Creates 25x More CO2 From Use Of…

2 months ago Michael Barnard 36 Comments

Carbon capture and sequestration in all of its various ineffective, inefficient and expensive forms is having another run up the hype cycle. Nothing has really changed. The problems still exist. The alternatives are still better. The potential for use is still minuscule. And so, the CCS Redux series, republishing old … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a German governmental, industrial, and academic working group focused on decarbonized trucking
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of a German governmental, industrial, and academic working group focused on decarbonized trucking

German Government Threatens to Block EU Truck CO2 Law

2 months ago Transport & Environment (T&E) 149 Comments

It’s the third time the Scholz government has threatened a last-minute U-turn on European environment laws. A planned vote on new EU climate targets for trucks is up in the air today after the German Transport Ministry, led by the FDP, backtracked on its support for the legislation. EU ambassadors … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated image from a bird's eye view that captures a large pipeline rupture, with carbon dioxide forming a dense, ground-hugging mist that ominously envelops nearby residences and buildings.
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated image from a bird's eye view that captures a large pipeline rupture, with carbon dioxide forming a dense, ground-hugging mist that ominously envelops nearby residences and buildings.

Proposed European Carbon Dioxide Pipelines & Terminals Would Endanger Tens Of Millions

2 months ago Michael Barnard 21 Comments

In 2020, a bucolic part of western Mississippi, the tiny village of Satartia, experienced a terrifying disaster. About 300 people live in the village and surrounding area. It’s in the county of Yazoo, whose population density is 11 per square kilometer. For contrast, New York City’s density is 1,000 times … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image depicting an abandoned hydrogen refueling station, marked by a "Closed for Business" sign, set against a desolate, dusty backdrop.

Hydrogen Refueling Station Closures In Multiple Countries More Painful News For Hydrogen Proponents

3 months ago Michael Barnard 108 Comments

The past year has been a year of creative destruction in hydrogen for energy efforts. That is to say, destruction of creative accounting and projections in business cases. Green hydrogen supply proposals failed miserably to ignite financial interest as they couldn’t find offtakers for realistically costed hydrogen, with only 0.2% … [continued]