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million b/d, as production in Nigeria and Libya tentatively recovered along with steady increases for Saudi Arabia and Iran, according to an S&P Global Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials. —Eklavya Gupte, senior editor for S&P Global Platts. million b/d, the lowest since February 2003, S&P Global Platts data showed.

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Cumulative global sales of Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) hybrid vehicles has exceeded the 7 million unit mark as of 30 September, reaching 7.053 million units. 2 Production ceased in 2008 and production of a new model started in 2011. *3 4 Crown Royal production ceased in 2003, Crown Sedan production ceased in 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

US exports of distillate fuel (which includes diesel) reached a record 656,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2010 and have grown every year since 2003, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Growth in US distillate exports, 2003-2010. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Global energy consumption grew by 2.5% globally, and 8.4% Fossil fuels still dominated energy consumption with 87% market share, while renewables rose fastest but are still only 2% of the global total. of global energy use, losing share for 12 consecutive years. Gas production globally grew by 3.1%; the US recorded 7.7%

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He has received numerous international awards throughout his career, including the 2008 IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Award. A member of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (IEEE MTT-S), Schindler served as its president in 2003. His publications have received more than 20,000 citations.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The Water Disclosure Project extends this approach to managing the world’s shrinking water resources, which has become a critical global environmental and quality of life issue. Water scarcity is quickly becoming a critical global issue with significant social and environmental implications and all of us need to be part of the solution.

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MAY 22, 2013

For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed.

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JULY 8, 2012

BC emissions from Asia have been identified as a major cause of changing monsoon, the occurrence of the atmospheric brown cloud, and the retreat of Tibetan glaciers, in addition to impacting global temperature rise. 2007); and predicted national data from the National Long-term Development Plan (NLDP) (2008?2050). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 22, 2010

A new analysis of global surface temperatures by NASA scientists finds the past year was tied for the second warmest since 1880. Line plot of global mean land-ocean temperature index, 1880 to present, with the base period 1951-1980. In total, average global temperatures have increased by about 1.5 Credit: Dr. Makiko Sato, GISS.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40% higher in 2008 than in 1990. Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, 1980-2010, as compared to baseline scenarios used by the IPCC to. Annual variability and averaged linear trend of global. Click to enlarge.

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While it was a generational replacement for the Alto in global markets, in India, the car was positioned above the popular Alto and called the A-Star. So despite being fuel-efficient and reasonably practical, the Estilo was quite an underachiever. A luxurious interior with three-row seating, a 2.7-litre,

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Globally there has been an increasing focus on low or zero emission powertrains, driven by climate concerns. While this transition will be crucial in reducing emissions, even by 2030, a large part of the global vehicle parc, especially in the developing world, will continue to be dependent on fossil fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. To bring propulsion solutions to market that will economically transport people and goods, while making a serious and practical impact on global warming, is an exciting and challenging opportunity that I look forward to helping advance. Don Runkle.

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MARCH 29, 2009

Wagoner, 56, was named president and CEO in 2000, and assumed the role of chairman in 2003. Henderson, 50, was named to his current position in 2008. Kresa became a GM director in 2003. He was previously vice chairman and chief financial officer.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

By 2008, Jatropha had been planted on more than an estimated 900,000 ha, of which 85% was in Asia, 13% in Africa and the rest in Latin America. Promode Kant, Shuirong Wu (2011) The Extraordinary Collapse of Jatropha as a Global Biofuel. —Kant and Wu. Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP doi: /10.1021/es201943.

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JULY 31, 2011

Korea imports all of its lithium needs, which nearly doubled to 11,000 tons last year compared with 5,200 tons in 2008. Prices reached $4,752 per ton as of 28 July, up $200 compared with last month and almost 100% from 2003, government data show.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Toyota plans to introduce 10 new hybrid models between now and 2012 in various global markets, with sales of one million gas-electric hybrids per year, worldwide, sometime early in the next decade. The second-generation Prius launched in the fall of 2003 as a 2004 model year. million vehicles through January of this year.

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APRIL 17, 2010

ALMS believes the announcement is the first of its kind in sports addressing the concerns of the global warming, the environment and reducing dependence on foreign fuels and energy sources. Johnny O’Connell races for Corvette Racing, a team that was the first to announce in 2008 that it would compete using cellulosic E85.

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APRIL 27, 2012

Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 which found that from 2008-2011 69% of palm oil conversion occurred at the expense of peat, even despite the introduction of a moratorium in 2011.

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MARCH 5, 2010

Although the oceanic CH 4 flux should be revised, the current estimate is not alarmingly altering the contemporary global CH 4 budget. Starting in the fall of 2003, Shakhova, Semiletov and the rest of their team took the studies offshore. Methane levels throughout the Arctic are usually 8 to 10 percent higher than the global baseline.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Scientists from Berkeley Lab and the California Air Resources Board collected samples of fine airborne particles at two sites in the San Francisco Bay Area once a week from December 2007 to May 2008. The scientists also applied this analysis to archived air samples taken from urban sites in central California between 2003 and 2005.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Consumption of anhydrous ethanol has grown steadily since the 1990s, peaking in 2003. Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. Rapid expansion of the ethanol industry is creating global supply/demand issues. Conclusion. Brewster, S.C.,

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Evidence in NSB’s biennial report Science and Engineering Indicators makes it increasingly clear that the US, Japan, and Europe no longer monopolize the global R&D arena. China led the Asian expansion, with its global share growing from just 4% to 15% during this period. The 2008-09 recession took a toll on US R&D.

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MARCH 8, 2009

James Hansen testified before Congress in June of 2008: “Today I testified to Congress about global warming, 20 years after my June 23, 1988 testimony, which alerted the public that global warming was underway. Eight in 10 (80%) believe steps should be taken right away, a percentage that has increased 7 points since 2003.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

At the same time, the difference in temperature between 1998 and the cooler 2008 year, which was affected by a La Niña, does not show an overall cooling trend; 2008 was still the tenth warmest year on record. The five warmest years since the late 1880s, according to NASA, are in descending order 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2006.

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MARCH 30, 2011

Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. —President Obama.

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Thanks in large part to Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, who enacted London's much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003. nk Global views London as a first market when it relaunches the Th!nk nk City in 2008. Daimler is set to be the first on the street with 100 test vehicle SMARTs in 2008. Norway's Th!nk

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Based on GM’s global mini-vehicle architecture, the Beat will be launched in more than 150 markets around the world including those in Europe and North America, where it will be sold as the Spark. Newly developed for the next-generation global mini, the S-TEC II engine—a 4-cylinder, 16-valve 1199cc DOHC engine—delivers fuel economy of 18.6

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Only the car company’s are still waiting and still making and selling cars that contribute to global warming. From there she went on to author and spearhead AB 32 our Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. You can read all about it in my Greenius guide to plug-ins and my coverage of Plug-In 2008.

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JULY 19, 2011

At the “Forward with Ford” event held in June—a conference exploring the linkage of Ford vehicles and technologies to global consumer trends—the company showcased its work on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications with a focus on crash avoidance. Source: Weigle 2008. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 13, 2013

The NuScale design was initially developed in 2000 under a DOE-funded research program and demonstrated in a one-third scale electrically heated test facility in Corvallis, OR, starting in 2003.

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BYD entered the Lithium-Ion battery business in 1996 They enter the passenger car market in 2003 Warren Buffet acquires a stake in BYD in 2008 In 2011, BYD's electric bus fleet is put in operation. Here are some of the highlights. BYD also is in semiconductor manufacturing where they make - IGBT chips and SIC module control units.

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APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Check out past CalCars news , or subscribe to our low-traffic PHEV newsletter at right: Copyright  2003-08 California Cars Initiative, an activity of the International Humanities Center | Site Map.

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The automotive and green electric vehicle blogosphere has been abuzz with talk of the BMW MINI E ever since July 9th, 2008, when AutoblogGreen published the rumor that 500 of the intriguing new electric cars would be released later this year in California. Amazing AC Propulsion eBoxes at AltCarExpo Saturday, September 27th, 2008.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

US deployment to nearly all 55,000 routes is planned to be completed in 2017 and global deployments are planned for the future. The ORION algorithm was initially developed in a lab and tested at various UPS sites from 2003 to 2009. ORION contains more than 250 million address data points.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Alliance and Elektromotive signed a Memorandum of Understanding on studying ways to promote the use of electric vehicles and will share information on EV development and energy supply on a global scale. To date, it has installed more than 40 charging bays in London and a further 40 in other major UK cities.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Private individual, Prius by Hybrids Plus , Oct 2007, (Boulder CO).

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