Antarctic
By Jeanne Roberts on April 28, 2011
Tags: EVs, Frito Lay, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, PepsiCo Inc., Raytheon Company, Raytheon Polar Services Company, Canada, Antarctica, DOE, E-Ride, electric car, electric vehicle, EV, EXV2, McMurdo Station, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL, PHEV, plug-in electric hybrid, Raytheon Polar Services Company, U.S. Department of Energy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Alaska, Antarctic, Arctic Circle, Barack Obama, Chevy Volt, energy, EV, National Science Foundation, Nunavut, oil, Ted Sears, transportation, U.S. Department of Energy
In a test designed to prove that electric vehicles (EVs) are not only flexible but durable, even in intense cold, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has taken two to Antarctica, figuring that if they run there, they will run anywhere.
By Nathanael Baker on January 11, 2011
Tags: Canada, Arctic Ocean, Arctic sea ice, carbon emissions, climate policy, energy policy, global climate change, legally binding climate agreement, New Energy Economy, UN Conference on Climate Change, UNFCC, west Antarctic ice shelf, Andrea Della Adriano, Antarctic, energy, European Union, Shawn Marshall, Texas, University of Calgary, University of Victoria, Victoria
New research produced by scientists at the University of Calgary and Environment Canada's climate centre at the University of Victoria shows that even if the world stops emitting carbon dioxide right now, it will still be subjected to cataclysmic climate change.
