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Decarbon Daily - Issue for July 23, 2021

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Today is the last day of focus on the Clean Air Task Force transportation study. Check it out if you are not familiar with it yet. It's worth your time.

In Wednesday's issue, I highlighted the Clean Air Task Force study on deep decarbonization for the transportation sector.

On Thursday, I pulled out a couple quotes, just to highlight some key points.

After reading the study, there is a sense of optimism with the number of options and alternatives to the current transportation industry and infrastructure in place.

The future of transportation is unlikely to rely on a single solution

The magnitude and scale of the opportunity is incredible. Many new technologies are mentioned throughout the study such as synthetic fuels, EV charging infrastructure, biofuels, and carbon capture. Each could have a significant impact on carbon reduction and transform the commercial and consumer landscape.

However, if you think about the transportation sector as an energy system rather than simply a consumer, (another good point in the study) then looking back at CNG policy, adoption, investments, and benefits should be a critical aspect to understanding future success. Unfortunately, CNG gets only a single mention in the study. And not even a full sentence!

Widespread adoption for CNG in the transportation sector did not happen but there are over 2,000 stations in the USA. You can see a
map of CNG stations across the states with coverage along major interstates and some density in Oklahoma and Texas.

Inside this Issue

🤨 CNG Lessons Learned - 2009 DOE Workshop
🛣 Venture Capital and Climate Change - It's Different This Time?
🚗 Mercedes-Benz Goes All in on Electric Vehicles
📈 DOE Predicts Job Growth in Biofuels Sector

Articles in this issue

CNG Lessons Learned - 2009 DOE Workshop

www.energy.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) hosted a workshop to exchange information among exper...

Venture Capital and Climate Change - It's Different This Time?

news.yahoo.com
Silicon Valley got a black eye a decade ago when its big venture capital foray into expensive and nascent cleantech didn’t pan out—but it...

Mercedes-Benz Goes All in on Electric Vehicles

fortune.com
Feeling the heat from Tesla on the one side and from regulators on the other, Mercedes-Benz doubled its ambitions and now expects that by...

DOE Predicts Job Growth in Biofuels Sector

biomassmagazine.com
The U.S. Department of Energy on July 19 released its 2021 U.S. Energy Employment Report, which shows jobs in biobased fuels fell last ye...

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