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World Economic Forum Report: US$515 Billion Per Year Needed in Green Investments

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The report shows that even after a tumultuous 2008, an index of the world’s 90 leading clean energy companies had a five-year compounded annualized return of almost 10%, unmatched by the world’s major stock indices. Investment in clean energy has not only increased, but has also diversified geographically. billion) in 2004.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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In 2008, Valero Energy CEO Bill Kless had said that using corn to produce ethanol will make food so expensive in poor countries that it will cause more misery than global warming. Many of the local farmers aren’t aware of the resources available. It is believed Valero purchased the plants at 30% of their original construction cost. (In

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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Time will tell how Brexit will affect things like the availability of England-assembled Nissan Leafs on the Continent, and vice versa. The 2008 $7.5k In October, our relatives in Israel bought this amazing Hyundai Ioniq BEV, designed and built in Korea. Now we don’t even have an annual table, and estimates vary by ~10%.

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