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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). in 2013, whereas in the EU emissions continued to decrease, by 1.4%

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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statistics segment road vehicles differently, the data are for all road vehicles. (I Office for National Statistics (populations). A substantial decrease between the mid 2000s and 2013. decrease from the peak in 2007 to 2013, while in the United States there was a 6.6% decrease from the peak in 2004 to 2013.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Consumption per capita dropped from 414 gallons in 2019 to 356 gallons in 2020, again a drop of 14%.

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CMU/Yale study suggests BEVS could be majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030 given technology trends

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They then compared these results to those of a similar consumer survey conducted from 2012-2013. With these factors in mind, the team first conducted a survey of more than 1,500 prospective vehicle buyers to determine what factors influence their purchasing decisions.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Former director of the Indian Statistical Institute Honorary member, 102; died 23 August Rao was onetime director of the Indian Statistical Institute , in Kolkata. The two estimators—rules for calculating an estimate of a given quantity based on observed data—provided the basis for much of modern statistics.

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Those who flew in 2020 had twice the environmental impact of those in 2019

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All data are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , except that the entry for 2020 is an estimate from the Energy Information Administration. The annual energy intensities during a 10-year period from 2011 through 2020 are shown in the table below. The flying data are for domestic operations of U.S. certificated air carriers.

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Electric-Car Market Share In 2013: Understanding The Numbers Better

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While market share is a good statistic: It''s useful, and easy to track. Last year, the 96,000 plug-in electric cars sold in the U.S. represented a bit more than half a percent of the total market of 16.5 million vehicles. But to piece together the relationships between vehicle price, type, and market share, to gain a fuller sense of the.'

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