Monday 9 May 2011

Cars could be emission free by 2050

The Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation was released today by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).

Their main conclusion is that it will be technically possible - with the right policies and US$12,000 billion investment - for 77% of global energy to come from renewables by 2050. If the roadmap is achieved, electric cars can become virtually emission free and it may then be possible to keep  emissions below the critical 450 parts per million.

Not only that, since the EU is proposing that all new cars purchased are emission free at the tailpipe by 2050, we seem to have a draft plan after all to decarbonise transport.

I have been waiting a long time to be able to say that!