Category Archives: Equivalent Electric Car Emissions

Automotive Safety and the Trump Fuel Standards Rollback

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Automobile Safety and the Trump Fuel Standards Rollback The Trump administration and EPA is giving out automobile safety as the reason for not increasing the fuel efficiency standards. They are using a rather specious argument that with better fuel economy, … Continue reading →

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Trump’s West Coast Trifecta of Doom

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s West Coast Trifecta of Doom Three environmental topics that I wanted to write about are now, in time and space, all connected, and all point to one villain: Trump. The three topics start with Trump’s toadying denial of climate … Continue reading →

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Yet Another LA Awards Show: Traffic Congestion in the US and California

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Los Angeles has won the INRIX Traffic Scorecard award as the most gridlocked city on the entire planet!  This is given out by the transportation analytics company INRIX, which tracks many drivers.  This is reported on by Katie Pyzyk on … Continue reading →

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Electric Car Equivalent GHG Emissions in California Utilities

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Electric Car Equivalent GHG Emissions in California Utilities Having determined the CO2 emissions per kWh for the leading California utilities, we can calculate the equivalent gasoline emissions for electric or plug in hybrid cars in the different utility areas. Since … Continue reading →

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