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US Election 2024: Transportation Decarbonization Report Card

July 22, 2024 admin Aviation, bicycles, biofuels, boats, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, cargo shipping, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heavy rail, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, Joe Biden, Logistics, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Shipping, subsidies, trains / rail, us election 2024, usa, walkability

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:00:47 +0000

With the increase in renewable electrical generation, transportation has become the highest emitting sector of the US economy, accounting for about 29% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Light-duty vehicles, including cars and small trucks, account for about 57% of transportation emissions. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks contribute an additional 26%, while … [continued]

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US Transportation Blueprint: Good Intentions, Weak Diagnosis, & Possibly Irrelevant

March 4, 2023 admin autonomous vehicles, Aviation, biofuels, carbon emissions, cars, China, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, electric mass transit, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, heavy rail, high speed rail, investment, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, renewable energy, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:37:30 +0000

While the US will waste a lot of time, money and energy getting there and end up less competitive as a result, most US transportation will decarbonize regardless, although often not as the new transportation blueprint supposes.