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Murtaugh spent 33 years in General Motors, culminating in his position as Chairman and CEO of GM China Group from 2000 - 2005. In a comparison study with Honda Fit, the standard equipment achieved 36 mpg and with Pinnacle’s technology the same automobile achieved 57 mpg.

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In the three-year timeframe comparison, diesel vehicles in the mass-market passenger car segment are estimated to save owners significant money, with the VW Jetta owner saving $3,128, the VW Jetta Sportwagen owner saving $3,389 and the VW Golf owner saving an estimated $5,013. Among their findings:??.

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Worth a quick comparison, the equivalent Thunderbird weighed 3,536 pounds with a V6 engine or 3,725 with the V8. The Aviator would be Ford’s last official usage of the InTech engine line when it bowed out in 2005, but the V8 found a home in several other vehicles from smaller manufacturers.&

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MARCH 16, 2012

In a similar way, the full breadth of impacts attributable to conventional gasoline production, such as natural resource consumption and hazardous pollutant emissions, must also be considered in order to make balanced comparisons to biofuels. This study highlighted the environmental impacts of corn ethanol in comparison with gasoline.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

from 2013 to 30 million mt, the lowest annual level since Platts started tracking Chinese oil demand data in 2005. In comparison, apparent oil demand was recorded at 9.89 Year-to-year comparisons are viewed by the marketplace to be more indicative of the country’s energy profile. Total oil product imports in 2014 tumbled 24.2%

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JUNE 9, 2014

In comparison, a record high of more than 14 million vehicles were scrapped in 2012. This while VIO is up 1.5%, a rate the auto industry hasn’t seen in the US since 2004-2005. The number of vehicles scrapped in 2013 was significantly fewer than in previous years, with just over 11.5

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JULY 28, 2023

MG has in part grown so speedy on account of its aggressive costs, particularly at the MG4, which begins at 28,590 euros in Germany in comparison to 39,995 euros for the Volkswagen ID3 with indistinguishable specs. MG’s greatest Eu marketplace, is one possibility, Wang showed.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

As part of this initiative, the FTA will immediately rescind budget restrictions issued by the Bush Administration in March of 2005 that focused primarily on how much a project shortened commute times in comparison to its cost. Our new policy for selecting major transit projects will work to promote livability rather than hinder it.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Compared to 2005-2006, it has probably doubled its presence. Certainly in coal—they imported virtually no coal in 2005 and they’re now importing close to 200 million tons. Another major shift is that China has become a voracious energy importer, especially of coal and liquefied natural gas. —David Fridley.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

In comparison, in 2005, SpaceX was selling Falcon 1 – designed to launch 1 ton to LEO and ~400 kg to SSO – for the equivalent of around $8 million today. In other words, Falcon 1 customers would have paid about $20,000/kg versus $5,000/kg for a slot on a reusable Falcon 9.

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The committee noted in its report that it focused on the individual safety concerns for each of the three modes of transportation and highlighted the difficulties in making direct comparisons of safety performance. Prior to 2005, railroads had little experience carrying ethanol and crude oil in large quantities.

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—down 50% from its peak in 2005—displaced by cheaper natural gas, wind and solar power, as well as savings from energy efficiency. By comparison, the average person in the United States is responsible for more than three-and-a-half times that amount. for the past year. Coal use should drop a further 10% in the E.U.

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This approach, ICCT says, enables an equitable comparison of airline fuel efficiency, regardless of business model, through the use of primary fuel burn data and an inclusive metric for transport service—a combination of mobility, measured by revenue passenger miles (RPM), and access, measured by departures (or the flight frequency).

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The next chart shows the same kind of comparison for the IEA’s models of OECD oil demand. Actual demand gently achieved its maximum in 2005. Before, during, and even after the actual maximum demand, the models predicted decades of growth.

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AUGUST 17, 2012

The 2005 amendment of Directive 1999/32/EC required that, as of January 2010, all ships at berth or at anchor in European harbors use fuels with a sulfur content of less. By comparison, the sulphur content of fuels used in road vehicles must not exceed 0.001%. by weight, while previously, outside of Sulphur Emission Control Areas, a.

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These projects are to support program goals and represent a critical component of advancing several of the specific mandates previously established for the Methane Hydrate Program under the Methane Hydrate Act of 2000 (as amended by Section 968 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005).

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MARCH 17, 2016

As a comparison, over the same periods, total Ford brand sales rose 8.6%, with sales of Ford cars rising 3.0% According to its Q4 2015 Automotive Market Share Trends and Registrations analysis, the increase marks the first time new vehicle registrations have surpassed 17 million since 2005. compared to the same period in 2015.

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That report, the 2016 Billion-Ton Report , volume 1, updated and expanded upon analysis in the 2011 US Billion-Ton Update ( earlier post ), which was preceded by the 2005 US Billion Ton Study ( earlier post ). The goal would be to replace 30% of the petroleum consumed in the United States with biofuels. Earlier post.).

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Precursor factors to this year have a number of similarities to early April conditions that preceded the hurricane years of 1958, 1966, 1969, 1998 and 2005 (the last, the year of Hurricane Katrina). All five of these seasons had above-average activity, especially the seasons of 1969, 1998 and 2005.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Based on an optimized, more compact fuel cell system presented by Mercedes-Benz in its F 600 HYGENIUS research vehicle in 2005, the 80 kW stack module in the B-Class F-CELL is around 40% smaller, but develops 30% more power output and cuts fuel consumption by 16% compared to the A-Class stack.

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Comparison of aggregated EU-27 emission projections and ceilings reported in 2010. The European Commission has recently launched a comprehensive review of its air policy, building on the 2005 Thematic Strategy on Air Pollution (TSAP) and Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) initiatives. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. 2005) Wave Rotors Technology and Applications (The 11 th International Conference on Vibration Engineering Timisoara, Romania, September 27 - 30, 2005). Norbert Müller. The Wave Disc Engine.

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

In the paper, he estimates biofuel emissions missed by a fossil-based cap as ranging from 89–177 TgCO 2 -equivalent in 2020, or roughly 5%–9% of a baseline level of 1,985 TgCO 2 e for US transportation sector direct CO 2 emissions in 2005. Note that even in 2005, 183–208 TgCO 2 e would have been missed under a cap set at the 2005 level.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Source: FEIS, Appendix V. Click to enlarge. The NETL study serves as a key input for analyses conducted by EPA and DOE.

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APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Bromberg, J.B.

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However, on a per capita basis (non-institutional population), VMT, although it has been trending upward for the last year on a 12-month moving average, is still below its peak in June 2005, according to the Federal Reserve Economic Data ( FRED ) database from the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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emissions in 2005. The different climate attributes of BC and long-lived GHGs make it difficult to interpret comparisons of their relative climate impacts based on common metrics. The United States contributes about 8% of the global emissions of BC. Many countries have significantly higher PM 2.5

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. billion in 2005.

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IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 times the average for fuel consumed in the United States.

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MAY 2, 2012

The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 First, an update its Comparison of Global Fuel Economy Standards to provide a comprehensive update of global fuel economy standards report. litres of gasoline equivalent per 100km.

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All told, global consumption of fossil fuels rose significantly from 2005 through 2014: about 7.5% For comparison, the business-as-usual scenario from IPCC (2013) has cumulative emissions of 6,180 gigatons of CO 2 between 2012 and 2100. … for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. F of warming.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Comparison of gravimetric and volumetric energy densities for four different types of 2016 coin cells. Co-founders of Contour Energy are Dr. Robert Grubbs, 2005 Nobel Laureate, Professor of Chemistry at CalTech, and founder of several other high technology materials companies; Dr. Rachid Yazami, a visiting professor from Cal Tech; and Dr.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

A 2005-2007 study by CleanSeaNet, a European Maritime Safety Agency project that uses satellite-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to identify oil slicks in real time, identified 4,027 oil slicks attributed to routine operational discharges from ocean-going vessels, rather than accidents, in an 18-month period.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Comparison between estimated EI BC and measured EI BC derived FOA3 (black open box), the FOA3 approach with the updated SN-CI correlation (blue triangle), and estimates obtained from the new FOX method (red circle) that are not dependent on SN. Credit: ACS, Stettler et al. Click to enlarge. These are a factor of ?2.7

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Comparisons between Palomero toluqueño and the NSF-funded genome sequence, which is from a maize strain that is inbred in mid-western regions of the US, reveals important clues about how maize has been domesticated over the last 10,000 years and highlights the importance of biodiversity.

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MAY 24, 2009

The EEOI has been applied by Member States and the shipping industry, on a trial basis and since 2005, to hundreds of ships in operation; it provides a figure, expressed in grams of CO 2 per tonne mile, for the efficiency of a specific ship, enabling comparison of its energy or fuel efficiency to similar ships.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Ford has also languished in negative territory from 2001 onwards, and only temporarily showed signs of recovery in 2004 and 2005 (although still not managing to create positive Sustainable Value). billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8

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