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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. It was time to buy our first car.

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

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Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. DETA, a chemical bound inside the porous melamine, grabs CO 2 and removes it from the gas, with nitrogen vented to the atmosphere.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. —Adam Fowler, economist at Beacon Economics.

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You can lease a Toyota bZ4X for next to nothing right now

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It reminds me somewhat of the deals on the original Fiat 500e back in 2015 or so. A lot of Californians, even those who already had nice cars, decided that having a cheap runaround with extremely low fueling costs would be worthwhile, and snatched one up. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Baker Institute expert suggests assumptions about oil’s influence on politics in the Middle East should be reversed

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Collectively, the region harbors around half of the world’s conventional reserves of oil and natural gas. His paper examines drivers behind the MENA region’s growing consumption of oil and gas, in particular the government policies that have contributed to the energy intensity of the region. —Jim Krane. —Jim Krane.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

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Electrek’s Take It’s good to see the end stages for diesel, which peaked in 2015, some 30 years after it first achieved a double-digit share of the European market. In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas. Fast-forward to today, that number has dropped to 12%.

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MAN Diesel & Turbo announces new ME-LGI dual-fuel engine for methanol and LPG; Waterfront Shipping signs LOI for four units

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The new engine expands the company’s dual-fuel portfolio, enabling the use of more sustainable fuels such as methanol and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). With a viable, convenient and comparatively cheap fuel already onboard, it makes sense to use a fraction of the cargo to power the vessel.

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