Jeffery Greenblatt's guest appearances

Jeffery Greenblatt

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We welcomed Dr. Greenblatt to our program for an hour discussion on the Orbital Assembly Cor spinning space hotel to be built in LEO. We talked about the demo, the initial stepping stones leading to the Voyager Station around 2027. Please read the full summary of this program at www.thespaceshow.com for this date, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

We welcomed Dr. Greenblatt to our program for an hour discussion on the Orbital Assembly Cor spinning space hotel to be built in LEO. We talked about the demo, the initial stepping stones leading to the Voyager Station around 2027. Please read the full summary of this program at <a href="http://www.thespaceshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thespaceshow.com</a> for this date, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt, Tuesday, 3-9-21

Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt introduces his field of energy modeling and explains how our ideal version of the future can look so much different with a few minor changes.  He continues his discussion of the future with his latest research in autonomous vehicles and “robot taxis”.  He explains how new developments in this field will benefit our energy usage and transportation efficiency and and how this will ultimately improve the way we live our lives.  Dr. Greenblatt ends the interview by sharing with us the importance of having a “champion” to help you take that extra step in achieving your vision. Credits: "Wallpaper"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt introduces his field of energy modeling and explains how our ideal version of the future can look so much different with a few minor changes.  He continues his discussion of the future with his latest research in autonomous vehicles and “robot taxis”.  He explains how new developments in this field will benefit our energy usage and transportation efficiency and and how this will ultimately improve the way we live our lives.  Dr. Greenblatt ends the interview by sharing with us the importance of having a “champion” to help you take that extra step in achieving your vision. Credits: "Wallpaper"Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>

001: Robot Taxis and the Future with Dr. Jeffery Greenblatt

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are conveyances to move passengers or freight without human intervention. AVs are potentially disruptive both technologically and socially1, 2, 3, with claimed benefits including increased safety, road utilization, driver productivity and energy savings1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Here we estimate 2014 and 2030 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and costs of autonomous taxis (ATs), a class of fully autonomous7, 8 shared AVs likely to gain rapid early market share, through three synergistic effects: (1) future decreases in electricity GHG emissions intensity, (2) smaller vehicle sizes resulting from trip-specific AT deployment, and (3) higher annual vehicle-miles travelled (VMT), increasing high-efficiency (especially battery-electric) vehicle cost-effectiveness. Combined, these factors could result in decreased US per-mile GHG emissions in 2030 per AT deployed of 87–94% below current conventionally driven vehicles (CDVs), and 63–82% below projected 2030 hybrid vehicles9, without including other energy-saving benefits of AVs. With these substantial GHG savings, ATs could enable GHG reductions even if total VMT, average speed and vehicle size increased substantially. Oil consumption would also be reduced by nearly 100%.

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are conveyances to move passengers or freight without human intervention. AVs are potentially disruptive both technologically and socially1, 2, 3, with claimed benefits including increased safety, road utilization, driver productivity and energy savings1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Here we estimate 2014 and 2030 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and costs of autonomous taxis (ATs), a class of fully autonomous7, 8 shared AVs likely to gain rapid early market share, through three synergistic effects: (1) future decreases in electricity GHG emissions intensity, (2) smaller vehicle sizes resulting from trip-specific AT deployment, and (3) higher annual vehicle-miles travelled (VMT), increasing high-efficiency (especially battery-electric) vehicle cost-effectiveness. Combined, these factors could result in decreased US per-mile GHG emissions in 2030 per AT deployed of 87–94% below current conventionally driven vehicles (CDVs), and 63–82% below projected 2030 hybrid vehicles9, without including other energy-saving benefits of AVs. With these substantial GHG savings, ATs could enable GHG reductions even if total VMT, average speed and vehicle size increased substantially. Oil consumption would also be reduced by nearly 100%.

15 - Jeffery Greenblatt: Emissions impact of AVs 