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  • NANNING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22: Vehicles drive on the street before the 17th China-ASEAN Expo on November 22, 2020 in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. The 17th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) will be held on November 27-30 in Nanning. (Photo by Yu Xiangquan/VCG via Getty Images)

    Hitting the Books: How autonomous EVs could help solve climate change

    by 
    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    11.28.2020

    Climate change is far and away the greatest threat of the modern human era — a crisis that will only get worse the longer we dither — with American car culture as a major contributor to the nation’s greenhouse emissions. In his latest book, Our Livable World, science and technology analyst Marc Shaus, takes readers on a fascinating tour of the emerging tools — from “smart highways” to jet fuel made from trash — that will not only help curb climate change but perhaps even usher in a new, more sustainable, livable world. In terms of our worst areas for carbon emissions, transportation and electricity production easily top the list.