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Ukraine considering production of biofuel from fodder potato crop

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The Ukraine is considering using part of its crop of fodder potatoes—i.e., The Ukraine is one of the top potato producers in the world, ranking fourth in volume in 2008 (behind China, India and Russia), but only sixth in terms of the value of the commodity, according to the FAO.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data. parts per million, 51% above its pre-industrial level. growth) for coal, but decline by 2.3%

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Palladium falls as concern EVs will destroy demand returns to the fore – ET Auto

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Commodity analysts said technical factors also played a part as palladium fell by 3% to USD 1,033 a troy ounce by 1859 GMT, its lowest since Dec. Russia, which is being punished by widening western sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is home to Nornickel. .

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia. —Andreas Schlosser, Ricardo Strategic Consulting managing director for Central Europe.

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SpaceX a bastion of independent US, European spaceflight amid Russian threats

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Russia has invaded Ukraine without provocation, triggering a series of diplomatic responses – sanctions in particular – that recently culminated in the aggressor deciding to cut ties with Europe on a number of cooperative spaceflight projects. NASA signed its first major contract with SpaceX in 2008, awarding the company $1.6

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. Claim to fame: part and parcel of the regulations-driven surge, Portugal went from 4.9% The 2008 $7.5k

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