Twilight of the carbon economy

Dusk approaches, but the denouement is unclear.  Will the flames of 2026 engulf fossil fuels, the internal combustion engine, electric vehicles or net zero?  Are we about to see the twilight of the carbon economy?  Or perhaps twilight of our environmental idols?

Nick Molden discusses with Chris Caldwell, CEO of United Renewables on his podcast Conversation on Climate.Nick and Chris discuss why electric vehicles may not be the future, the challenges and opportunities around adoption of electric vehicles.

Nick Molden, and former Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt, have joined forces to confront the thorniest issues facing the industry. The podcast brings together two of the sector's most experienced independent analysts . Their podcast - Molden and Schmidt - is available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple and the Emissions Analytics website.

Nick Molden , CEO and Founder had the privilege of being invited onto CoMotions podcast. On the podcast Nick discusses the question on everyone’s mind how can we quickly and cheaply decarbonize mobility?

Our CEO & Founder, Nick Molden recently spoke at the Automotive Tire Technology 2024.

A surprisingly compelling subject
Dinner table, or social media, conversation may centre on arguments over which football team deserves to win the league, or whether the Mustang or Camaro is better, but the common feature of such polemics is that they represent simple and interesting questions. The topic of tyres, however, and if you dare raise it, may stun your companions into silence. Tyres are not simple and interesting. They are complex and boring – at least on the outside.

Our CEO & Founder, Nick Molden presented a webinar on the tyre emissions from the latest electric vehicles on 19th September 2023. The world is on a path to electrifying everything that moves, primarily driven by the desire to decarbonise. But no vehicle is zero emission, and the latest emissions regulations in Europe, the US and beyond are now starting to incorporate non-exhaust emissions.

Fear, uncertainty and doubt in an age of decarbonisation
Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt.  This rhetorical triptych is increasingly used as an insult to describe interventions from anyone who deviates from the current environmental orthodoxy.  When French philosopher René Descartes sat down in the seventeenth century Netherlands to write his Discourse on Method, he also faced FUD.  

In our last newsletter we looked at the unethical challenge set by a high profile academic to see whether you would die if locked inside your garage with an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle running.