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TIL about electric cars

Electric vehicles (EVs) are being touted as a major solution to climate change. But why is that? How do they work and what kinds of changes are needed as more EVs hit the road? To dig into this, we brought in MIT Sloan Prof. David Keith, who studies transportation technology.

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  2°C: the story of the global climate goal

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  Slow carbon, fast carbon

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  Is it safe to store CO2 underground?

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  An introduction to carbon capture (re-air)

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  How clean is green hydrogen?

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  Why are EVs more popular than hydrogen cars?

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  An introduction to hydrogen energy (re-air)

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  Do wind turbines kill birds?

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  Do wind turbines freeze up in the cold?

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  Won’t more CO2 help plants grow?

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  Season 6 Preview: Something a Little Different

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  Why does it take five years to build a wind farm?

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  Energy storage: keeping the lights on with a clean electric grid

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  A public health expert’s guide to climate change

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  TILclimate presents: What the heck is El Niño, anyway? (from Outside/In)

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  Wildfires and how we're changing them