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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

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In a fateful turn of events, just as Faraday's apprenticeship was coming to an end in 1812, one of the bookbinder's clients offered Faraday a ticket to Humphry Davy's farewell lecture series at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Davy, just 13 years older than Faraday, had already made a name for himself as a chemist.

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New Study Suggests Sustainability Principles for California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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A new study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California Davis, examines a range of sustainability requirements for biofuels and considers a possible framework for implementing the LCFS sustainability provision. Sonia Yeh, Daniel A. Sumner, Stephen R. Kaffka, Joan M. Ogden, Bryan M.

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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

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The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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UN report finds world needs incremental $1.9 trillion invested in green technologies to avert planetary catastrophe; global per capita cap on primary energy consumption of 70 GJ/yr may be required

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The past decade was the first in two centuries with increasing CO2 emissions intensities, owing to a “coal revival”, in contrast with the rapid conversion to natural gas in the 1990s. Global CO 2 emissions have increased at an annual rate of more than 3 per cent, considerably faster than in previous decades (van Vuuren and Riahi, 2008).

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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He identified three major themes in 2009 for renewable energy: “ Energy markets are undergoing their most fundamental changes since the 1930s; cap and trade is the most complex issue outside of health care; and schisms exist within the energy community that will grow stronger over time. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008).

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

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See Dr Walter Wu's email regarding gifting the "Spirit of DC" in the Feb 2009 timeframe. And a return to Professor Andy Frank at UC- Davis 2. PHEV3A Planning for 2009 Kick-off and Return to DC: A. Will be a'waiting to converse further while the "Spirit of DC" takes me to San Diego, CA on Friday. Nevada: Las Vegas EVA 3.

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Developing Fords EcoBoost Combustion System

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At the recent SAE 2009 World Congress, Ford engineers presented six papers detailing aspects of the EcoBoost technology, including a discussion of the development and optimization of the EcoBoost Combustion System—a key to the performance of the engine. V6 EcoBoost Combustion System (SAE 2009-01-1494). Earlier post.). Source: Ford.

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