#climatebenefits — Public Fediverse posts
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Scientists analyzed a process, developed as part of the Car2Car research project, that enables #plastics from end-of-life vehicles to remain within the #recyclingloop, thereby leading to potential #climatebenefits: http://go.tum.de/198737
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Large #ElectricTrucks give fewer environmental benefits [Surprise - NOT!} #EVs now include larger trucks like #Ford150Lightning #DodgeRam1500, but #MIT #TrancikLab #data shows larger EVs provide #diminishing #ClimateBenefits #Heavier #EVs require more #electricity to #charge & may have a similar #EmissionsImpact to smaller gas-powered cars, although #Ford spokesperson Artealia Gilliard notes that emissions savings will improve as the #grid is #decarbonized [so...never] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/17/climate/electric-vehicle-emissions-truck-suv.html
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Because of climate change, loss of natural environment and changing migration patterns, about 16.5 percent of bird and mammal pollinators are currently threatened with extinction. We need these pollinators for nearly 90 percent of the world’s plants and 75 percent of food crops. So no more pollinators means no more food.#WildlifeHabitat,#naturenerd,#ClimateBenefits
https://www.sustayn.ca/home-garden/should-you-feed-wild-birds-in-winter/