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... Ray Massey Electric cars may not reduce carbon dioxide emissions - and could even increase them, a green lobby ... charge batteries. Not so green machine: Electric cars that need their batteries charged from the mains may not be as environmentally friendly ... Grid has the capacity and infrastructure to meet the needs of electric cars, demand could lead to greater use of coal and nuclear ...

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... ;. Many car makers showcased their eco-friendly cars in an attempt to save the Earth. But how environmental friendly are ... the climate change problem. Electric cars do not produce tailpipe emissions, but they are only as clean as their electricity supply. If ... to be cleaned up by adding renewables to the power grid and the cars "must be more energy-efficient than state-of-the-art conventional ...

... a “build one, get one free” rule for makers of electric cars. For each full electric vehicle they build, it could be used to count as two zero emissions vehicles towards the new low carbon emissions rules they ... , making the average easier to meet—if the automaker adds electric cars to its fleet. But an environmental policy group in Washington would prefer to see ...

Electric cars may not reduce carbon dioxide emissions - and could even increase them, a green lobby group warned ... power to charge batteries. It added that if electric cars become widely used, they would need a meter on the dashboard to charge motorists ... costs in the medium term, but not enough to suggest electric cars could compete head-on with conventional vehicles within the next two decades ...

... crunch the numbers on the carbon emissions of Black Friday (when many shoppers get into their cars and drive to retail outlets) ... retail spending and online spending seems to be the carbon emissions from driving to the outlet to buy the goods. According to research ... a world where people seem to be using more energy and driving more miles in their cars, technology trends that offer a lower-emission ...

... metric tons annually (the same as taking 82 million cars off the road) while electricity consumption would increase only eight percent. Not ... Transport Association in the UK, for example, believes that switching to electric cars could increase the rate of climate change, depending on ... , "sales of electric cars are likely to result in higher overall CO2 emissions and oil consumption." The ...

Autodesk software computer-generates flying cars and carbon-spewing flying game monsters, but the company itself plans to spend more time grounded: emissions by 85 percent and the accounting will include "an unusually high ... emissions," Stewart said. Autodesk, for instance, will include carbon emissions generated by customers flying to its conferences, not just the carbon consumed by ...

... to spur a notable increase in production of cleaner cars. And that didn't happen, as the Environmental Protection Agency ... increases in the nation's fuel-efficiency and emissions standards. Becker said in a statement: Conventional wisdom ... High gasoline prices won’t be enough to put cleaner cars on our roads. They do not force industry to change its wasteful ...