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Studies highlight effects of different gasoline components on fuel economy, combustion and emissions

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According to IEA (International Energy Agency), among light-duty vehicles and passenger cars, 70% will be powered by gasoline engines in 2020. Isooctane was selected as the base fuel since it is one of the main components of the primary reference fuel (PRF) consisting of isooctane and n-heptane. Pure isooctane was referred to as O100.

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Ford researchers: global light-duty CO2 regulatory targets broadly consistent with 450 ppm stabilization

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They developed the LDV CO 2 glide paths using a modified version of the Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP) model developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The SMP model calculates 2000?2050 They converted from an absolute amount to scale relative to 2000.

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IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

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GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

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tonnes of carbon per capita per year, according to a new paper published by an international team of 31 scientists in Nature Geoscience. between 2000 and 2008, compared with 1% per year in the 1990s. Other main findings of the study include: CO 2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have increased at an average annual rate of 3.4%

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Historical analysis shows strong acceleration of plantation development in recent years: 70% of all industrial plantations have been established since 2000 and only 4% of the current plantation area existed in 1990. Chris Malins of the International Council on Clean Transportation. —Miettinen et al. GCB Bioenergy. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01172.x.

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New EIA report boosts estimates of global recoverable shale oil resources 10-fold to 345 billion barrels

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those that can be produced using current technology without reference to economic profitability. Within the US, industry typically refers to tight oil production rather than shale oil production, because it is a more encompassing and accurate term with respect to the geologic formations producing oil at any particular well.

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Study concludes abundant shale gas is neither climate hero nor villain; need for targeted GHG reduction policy

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Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. Advances in technologies for extracting oil and gas from shale formations have dramatically increased production in the United States.

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