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Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

unveiled the Rasa, a road-legal engineering prototype of its first two-seater hydrogen fuel cell road car, built for full European type approval. Riversimple Movement Ltd. Earlier post.) Supported by a £2-million (US$2.9-million) Riversimple plans to offer the car to motorists through a “sale-of-service” model.

2018

2018 Miles Fuel Hydrogen

Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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JULY 30, 2023

Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion Recharge Batteries Battery

Met Office: Current Decade Already Hottest On Record

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

2009 has also been warmer than 2008, due in part to El Niño conditions in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The Met Office is currently negotiating with national meteorological and hydrological services that maintain the stations, and plan to release the remaining records as soon as they are legally able to do so. “ Source: WMO.

2009

2009 Climate 2000 Climate Change

BP to Acquire Vereniums Cellulosic Biofuels Business for $98.3M; Verenium retaining Enzyme Business

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JULY 15, 2010

In 2008, the two companies had formed a strategic partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of cellulosic ethanol. Verenium’s conversion process originated from technology developed by a team led by Dr. Lonnie Ingram at the University of Florida and originally licensed by Celunol. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

San Diego

San Diego Legal Commercial Corporation

TfL To Begin Testing of Intelligent Speed Adaptation Technology

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MAY 11, 2009

The unit can be disabled at the touch of a button, at which point it reverts to an advisory status where the current, legal speed limit is simply displayed as a driver aid. They partners commissioned the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds to produce the report.

London

London 2001 Transportation Emissions

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water

U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

Standards

Standards Fuel Economy Vehicles Economy

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ).

Climate

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. In April 1999, the Israeli company M-Systems filed a patent application titled “Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-based PC flash disk.”

Singapore

Singapore 2000 Store IDEA

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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MARCH 6, 2010

reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link]. On 21 June 2008, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law the Advanced Biofuel Industry Development Initiative (“Act 382”). Is the CDM Fulfilling its Environmental and Sustainable Development Objectives?

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. According to Baylor University, “as far as safety and performance is concerned, hydrous ethanol is a slightly better fuel [than anhydrous ethanol] in every respect (except specific fuel consumption since water does not provide any caloric content).

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

New Study Finds Flaw in Carbon Accounting for Bioenergy, Another Contends That Indirect Land Use Change Emissions for Biofuels Will Be Up To Twice Direct Land Use Change Emissions

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Earlier post.).

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Emissions Carbon Climate Change Climate

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride

Ethanol Groups File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

The OAL ensures that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public. RFA has repeatedly requested that ARB and Purdue add CRP land, idle cropland, and cropland pasture to the model’s land inventory since the Summer of 2008. gCO 2 e/MJ). Treatment of Ethanol Co-Products in Analysis.

Carbon

Carbon California Standards Fuel

Fakes: Not an Internet Thing, a Human Thing

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

University of Notre Dame computer science professor WalterJ. University of Notre Dame Walter J. Yet, when 2008 happens , they’ll wring their hands and say nothing’s guaranteed. Some of these people were breaking into computer systems illegally, though others were exploring the technology in legal, yet unconventional ways.

Personal

Personal IDEA Los Angeles Universal

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. Since September 2008, RGGI has raised $583 million for the states in these quarterly auctions of permits with between 65 and 70 percent of cap-and-trade proceeds going back into the clean energy economy. nationals and legal residents. Another six U.S.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Other transaction costs include the search of partners, the drafting of contracts, legal assistance, etc. A joint venture is a legal organization that takes the form of a short term partnership in which the persons jointly undertake a transaction for mutual profit. The SABMF(s) could be manufactured in Lafayette, Louisiana for export.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

EV Driven

Riversimple introduces Rasa prototype two-seater fuel cell vehicle; 300 miles on 1.5kg H2; production version in 2018

Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

Met Office: Current Decade Already Hottest On Record

BP to Acquire Vereniums Cellulosic Biofuels Business for $98.3M; Verenium retaining Enzyme Business

TfL To Begin Testing of Intelligent Speed Adaptation Technology

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

New Study Finds Flaw in Carbon Accounting for Bioenergy, Another Contends That Indirect Land Use Change Emissions for Biofuels Will Be Up To Twice Direct Land Use Change Emissions

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Ethanol Groups File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Fakes: Not an Internet Thing, a Human Thing

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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