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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded its methanol production capacity. Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. The estimates developed in the study have now been incorporated into EIA’s historical data and forecasts of petroleum and other liquids consumption in China. Click to enlarge. Background.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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SpaceX wins FCC approval to connect Starlink satellites to moving vehicles

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The license means that all United States Starlink users will now be able to legally receive internet service from their Starlink user terminals (dishes) while in motion on any land, sea, or air-based vehicle. This will dramatically reduce global latency. Starlink inter-satellite laser links should be operational by end of year.

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Daimler joins multiple initiatives for a sustainable raw material supply chain; future focus on battery cell supply chain

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By joining, Daimler AG is expanding its broad commitment to initiatives and is actively promoting greater transparency in global raw material supply chains. —Renata Jungo Brüngger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG for Integrity and Legal Affairs.

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Met Office: Current Decade Already Hottest On Record

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The United Kingdom’s Met (Meteorological) Office announced that the 2000-2009 decade “ has been, by far, the warmest decade on the instrumental record ”, and that 2009 is on track to become the fifth warmest year in the past 160 years, continuing the warming trend that has accelerated since the 1970s. Click to enlarge. climate data analysis.

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Volkswagen AG makes $9.2B offer for remaining shares of Scania; common toolkit strategy for commercial vehicles

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Volkswagen has been invested in Scania since 2000 and today indirectly and directly holds a total of 89.2% This opens up new opportunities, such as future Group-wide responsibility for certain systems and components, or the increased use of the Volkswagen Group''s global presence. billion (~US$9.2 of the voting rights and 62.6%

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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By 2050, HFC emissions could equal up to 19% of global CO 2 emissions under business-as-usual scenarios. We have to take advantage of the proven ability of this legally binding treaty to quickly phase down HFCs. —Dr. million people a year, global action to cut soot emissions would reap major benefits for both public health and climate.