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Tag: carbon emissions
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Volvo, Skanska begin field testing of electric site quarry, expect 95% carbon emissions reduction, 25% operational cost reduction
The 10-week field test of the Volvo and Skanska electric site quarry concept is underway. Check out the key machines being used in testing on Equipment World.
August 29, 2018
Roadbuilding
A Nutty Way to Pay For Parking
Before many old-school meters were updated to accept payment by credit cards, I often scrounged around in my car and the bottom of my purse looking for change to pay to park. If I were in England, I could pony up the money by just looking around outside. The Town Centre Car Parks is temporarily […]
September 25, 2013
Equipment
Fossil-fueled vehicles better for environment than electric?
Over the 4th of July weekend—while you were busy polluting the air with your holiday grilling—you might have missed this well-documented piece on the environmental effects of the electric car, called “Unclean at any speed.” It does a good job of eviscerating what is now a lie so commonly told that most people believe it: […]
July 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
Imagine then the freedom I feel in the 21st century when I can proclaim to my tree-hugging friends that our pavements are among the greenest man-made structures in our civilization.
November 11, 2011
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