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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States.

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Satellite study suggests California clean air regulations working to reduce PM2.5 emissions in state

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km-resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California for years 20012003, 2007–2009 and 2013–2015. Maps of 3-year averaged PM 2.5 sulfate, nitrate, OC and EC concentrations estimated using 4.4 LA=Los Angeles basin, CV=Central Valley, OC=Organic Carbon, EC=Elemental Carbon. Click to enlarge.

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JAPEX, JDC and INPEX jointly support JOGMEC’s medium and long-term offshore production test of methane hydrate

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In FY 1999 and 2003, exploratory test wells were conducted in the offshore Nankai trough and in the Tokai Oki-Kumano Nada area respectively. The three companies will provide the technologies and know-how they have cultivated through the exploration and development of oil and natural gas for Japan’s research concerning methane hydrate.

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Toyota & Daimler Merging Hino & Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Brands

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since 2001 and enjoyed a working partnership with Japan’s largest automaker since the 1960s. Nissan sold its truck subsidiary to Volvo in 2007, Volkswagen renamed its truck and bus unit Traton in 2018 and listed it on the Frankfurt and Stockholm stock exchanges the following year.

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Basics of the Lac-Mégantic derailment and fire

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Montreal, Maine & Atlantic began operation in January of 2003 and owns more than 510 route miles (821 km) of track, serving Maine, Vermont, Québec and New Brunswick. Abbasi (2007) The boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion (BLEVE): Mechanism, consequence assessment, management. Tasneem Abbasi, S.A. 2006.09.056. Pinhasi, A.

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Toyota reveals all you need to know about fuel cell cars

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An SAE Research Report in 2001 stated that "several automakers have pledged the introduction of fuel cell vehicles, including buses, by 2003-2005." In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies.

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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He worked in that position until 2001, when he became director of the Microwaves and Radar Institute. “I He founded the IEEE GRSS Germany Section in 2003 and served as the society’s 2010 president. Moreira led a research team of 10 people working on airborne- and satellite-system design and data processing.