Pehl et al. integrate life-cycle assessment and energy modelling to analyse the emissions contributions of different technologies across their lifespan in future low-carbon power systems.
A recent assessment recommends to favour direct use of solid plant materials over conversion to liquids, primarily based on comparisons of the GHG balances of different technologies [16].
And in my assessment of the different technologies out there, I found that the technology at PARC, after 30 years of development, had come to a point where it was actually ready to be taken out, and to be commercialized.
At the same time, technologies for high-throughput assessment of different molecular "omics" phenotypes in large study cohorts are becoming more and more affordable.
Advances in high-throughput technologies for the quantitative assessment of different "omic" information variables are fostering a more comprehensive, systems-level view of the PPIs involved in different physiological and pathological conditions.
Yet, LCA could not inform the latest assessment of co-benefits and trade-offs of climate change mitigation by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change due to the lack of comparative assessments of different electricity generation technologies addressing a wide range of environmental impacts and using a consistent set of methods.
For example, ecological momentary assessments of patients via different technologies, eventual self-monitoring, or even more collaborative interactions with therapists and professional carers would enhance research in this direction and give us a new insight.
In order to provide further objective assessment tools, we also estimated the costs of the different technologies.
