Tag Archives: Cars

State Destruction and the Cuban Embargo

Posted on February 9, 2016 by climatechangefork

My small series of blogs regarding Cuba cannot possibly have a global impact on these issues, so what am I doing writing it? In last week’s blog I warned about the dangers of a country (or group of countries) trying … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, Education, IPCC, Sustainability, UN | Tagged accountability, Adaptation, Africa, Argentina, Asia, automobile, Batista, bloqueo, car, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Clinton, CO2 emissions, Congo, corruption, Cuba, cuban revolution, democracy, Democratization, Economics, Economy, Education, effectiveness, Eisenhower, Electricity, embargo, Emissions, enforcement, Ethiopia, execution, export, force, governance, Habana, Havana, Human Rights, import, India, Indonesia, Jean Bodin, law, Leviathan, Max Weber, Mitigation, monopoly, monopoly on violence, Nigeria, Obama, Pakistan, political stability, politics, Population, Power, Power Plants, president, Raymond Aron, regulation, Revolution, rule of law, sovereign, stability, State, Sustainability, Tanzania, Technology, Thomas Hobbes, Uganda, UN, US, Violence, voice, World Bank, World Population | 1 Comment

China – Air Quality

Posted on August 25, 2015 by climatechangefork

My last two blogs described some of China’s largest cities’ attempts to limit their number of cars. A lot of this had to do with reducing the terrible air pollution in these cities. Pollution is one of the key reasons … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged air, air quality, AQI, Beijing, Cars, China, city, culture, cyanide, EPA, face mask, haze, Health, Lhasa, Pollution, safety, Shanghai, Tianjin, Tibet, toxin, unhealthy, US, Warning, Weather | Leave a comment

Cars in China – Cap and Pay

Posted on August 18, 2015 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog ended with the following promise: “… a few of the largest cities in China are now taking drastic steps to limit car ownership – a fact that I was completely unaware of until my visit.” Time to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged auction, automobile, Beijing, Beijing Olympics, bid, buying, Cap and Trade, car ownership, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Cars, China, city, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Fossil Fuels, fraud, greenhouse gas, Guangzhou, license plate, lottery, mechanism, Mitigation, Pollution, Population, Public Transportation, quota, regulation, restriction, saturation point, selling, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Sustainability, traffic, trend | 1 Comment

China – How Many Cars Can a City Handle?

Posted on August 11, 2015 by climatechangefork

Right now, China has the largest global market for new cars. According to the last count by the International Organization of Motor Vehicles Manufacturers, there are 833 million light vehicles currently (2015) in use worldwide. About 10% of these cars … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Beijing, car ownership, Cars, China, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, GDP, Global Population, Hong Kong, New York, New York City, NYC, Oil, Population, saturation point, Science, Shanghai, Sustainability, Technology, traffic, World Population, Xian | Leave a comment

The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means

Posted on July 14, 2015 by climatechangefork

The test of any major transition is in its response to a sharp perturbation. Often such disturbances come in the form of a major war. Fortunately, the present global energy transition is being tested in a much more peaceful manner. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, BP, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, crude oil, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, Energy Consumption, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Global Warming, hybrid car, Hydroelectric, Hydropower, Market, Market Prices, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power Plants, Prediction, Renewable, SEIA, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Wind, wind power | Leave a comment

Energy Storage Selection

Posted on August 12, 2014 by climatechangefork

This will be the last blog to deal directly with storage technologies. I listed the various technologies in the July 29th post, then followed that up last week, mainly focusing on estimates of future capacity and the investments that will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Battery, Capacity, Carbon, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Demand, Discharge Time, Economics, Education, Electric Cars, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gigafactory, Li-ion Battery, Panasonic, Power, Power Quality, Storage, Storage Capacity, Supply, Tesla | Leave a comment

Sustainable China?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by climatechangefork

In the last blog I started to discuss the role that energy storage plays in the transition to more sustainable energy sources. While I had originally planned to focus this blog on the various energy storage technologies, I will instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, Bloomberg, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, EDGAR, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Elisa Wood, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Hydroelectric, Power Plants, Renewable Energy World, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, United States, Wind | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Cars

State Destruction and the Cuban Embargo

China – Air Quality

Cars in China – Cap and Pay

China – How Many Cars Can a City Handle?

The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means

Energy Storage Selection

Sustainable China?

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