Shawn, I'll try this one.
Frank -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Waggoner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:12 AM To: Frank Leslie Subject: Re: FW: [GWTF] NRDC emissions study Hi Frank, Thanks for the message. Can you send stuff like this out to the FLEAA mailing list so everyone can see it as well? That would be great, I'm sure lots of folks would be interested. See you this weekend! Shawn Frank Leslie wrote: > Some PHEv stuff from Sherry Boschert. > > Frank > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > *From:* Global Warming/Clean Energy Task Force > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > *Sherry Boschert > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 03, 2007 10:27 PM > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject:* [GWTF] NRDC emissions study > > Of the 2 messages I sent that I thought didn't get posted, the first > apparently did make it through. The second one still won't appear, > despite repeated re-sends. I don't know why. Maybe it's too long? So > I'll cut it in two. Here's the first half... > > I haven't seen a detailed report here yet of the recent study of > plug-in hybrid emissions by the Natural Resources Defense Council and > the Electric Power Research Institute (NRDC/EPRI), so I'm posting one > below. This is the most sophisticated, detailed study since Argonne > National Lab's 2001 study. > > Here's my short version: > > 1) For greenhouse gases, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) s > are a slam-dunk winner. In every scenario studied (a low- or medium- > or high-carbon electrical grid, and various numbers of PHEVs on the > road), PHEVs reduce greenhouse gases significantly between now and > 2050 compared with a U.S. fleet comprised of conventional gasoline > cars and hybrids. They're 40%-65% better than internal combustion > engine (ICE) cars and 7%-46% better than hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). > > 2) For pollutants, the results are more nuanced, but overall by 2030 > PHEVs improve air quality, decrease deposition of acids, nutrients, > and mercury, decrease gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) > and sulfur oxides (NOx), decrease total emissions of volatile organic > compounds (VOCs), and decrease particulate matter (PM) concentrations. > > I say the pollutant results are nuanced because the study found that > small proportions of the U.S. population (mostly near some major power > plants) would see increases in some pollutants, while the majority > would see decreases. I think that's helpful in identifying geographic > areas where efforts to close polluting power plants should intensify > while we promote the use of plug-in cars nationally. > Specifically, these are areas near major power plants in western > Georgia, Montana, western North Dakota, Oklahoma, eastern Texas, and > Utah. > > Keep in mind that for the study of pollutants, they assumed that the > use of coal would INCREASE to 60% of the grid by 2030 and that no new > emissions controls or limits are added to existing regulations. In > other words, they assumed that the efforts of groups like the Sierra > Club would be complete failures. > > For more details, see my next post. > > -- > Sherry Boschert, author > /Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America /(New Society > Publishers) www.sherryboschert.com <http://www.sherryboschert.com/> > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To > unsubsribe from the CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF list, send any message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out > our Listserv Lists support site for more information: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
