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Junkyard Find: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero Sedan With Manual Transmission

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By 2001, the only members of the N-Body family (now renamed the GMX130 for its final generation) available with manual transmissions were four-cylinder-equipped Pontiac Grand Ams and Oldsmobile Aleros. You could get a new Alero with a Getrag five-on-the-floor all the way through the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004.

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Updated Life Cycle Analysis of Soybean Production and Products Show Environmental Improvements

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Cradle-to-Gate (farmer-to-product) pathways for soybeans. An updated life cycle assessment (LCA) of soybean production and products commissioned by the United Soybean Board found multiple energy and environmental benefits of current US soybean farming and processing. Source: USB. Click to enlarge. kg (for the 3.36 kg (for the 3.36

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EIA: distillate yields at US refineries are rising

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For all major products, only the distillate yield is higher now than it was in October 2001. Since 2001, distillate yields have followed an upward trend, peaking in December 2008 before falling back to an average of 27.5% In response to market conditions, refiners took steps to maximize distillate yield and production.

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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

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15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles. Toyota unveiled the Toyota Hybrid System (THS) in March 1997, then launched its first hybrid production vehicle (the Coaster) in Japan that August, followed by the first-generation Prius in December 1997.

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EPA: US greenhouse gases up 2% in 2013; increased coal consumption, cool winter

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EPA capture the CO 2 emissions from the combustion of ethanol and biodiesel for transportation purposes, along with the emissions associated with the agricultural and industrial processes involved in the production of biofuel, are captured in other Inventory sectors. billion gallons in 2001 to 1.4 billion gallons in 1990 to 12.6

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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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2001 – Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. introduced its first electric three-wheeler in 1999, and in 2001, it established a new firm, Bijlee, based in Coimbatore, to manufacture and sell electric vehicles. MEML was closed in 2004 due to a lack of demand. However, this product has yet to be commercialised.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute. Global energy intensity, 1981-2010.

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