“So, how exactly do we fuel our need to move around without emitting greenhouse gases? The answer is simple, even if making it happen won’t be: use clean electricity to run all the vehicles we can, and get cheap alternative fuels for everything else.”
Bloomberg Green’s David Rocks and Vanessa Dezem report that “LC3” clay cement in Columbia is cutting the cement industry’s emissions.
- The cement industry accounts for about 7% of emissions globally.
- LC3 cement cuts emissions and cuts costs, a win-win for the environment and economy.
Excerpt:
“After four years of development, the revamped facility in Rioclaro went online this year, using clay that’s mined about 10 miles away and processed in a newly built kiln. Argos says the technology cuts energy consumption by 30% and reduces carbon output by almost half.”
The Wall Street Journal’s Dan Neil reports that Mack Truck is producing electric trash trucks.
- Advancements in this technology will reduce emissions and provide quieter trash removal.
Excerpt:
“Electric trash truck love is in the air. In January, as part of L.A’s program to reduce carbon emissions, city sanitation officials announced it would transition its fleet of 1,100 refuse trucks to battery-electrics by 2035, with new truck purchases being primarily electric by 2023.”
John McCormick on The Wall Street Journal reports that California’s firefighters are turning to artificial intelligence to fight wildfires. Computer programs can track vegetation growth and dryness, as well as historical data to determine where fires may spread.
“Suggesting that nuclear plants don’t meaningfully reduce emissions over fossil fuel power plants is wild and baseless.”
“Nuclear energy will play a major role in the transition to a carbon-free world. The U.S. industry must be able to compete quickly, in order to ensure our national security and regain leadership from Russia and China.”
“If we are serious about addressing climate change, then the future of energy must be clean. With carbon-free electricity sources like nuclear, we can power our way of life, reduce emissions, and save the planet.”
“Crucially, the very incentives that drive private sector innovation also drive ever-greater economic and environmental efficiency – serving both humanity and the planet well. Free markets are good for innovation, and innovation is good for the environment.”
As World Nuclear News marks, a new report by the Flexible Nuclear Campaign for Nuclear-Renewables Integration urges that policymakers act now on nuclear energy.
“Nuclear power is a resilient source of energy, as demonstrated even during the pandemics, and already provides one-third of all low carbon electricity.”
