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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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Statoil says that global capex is set to fall for two years in a row, and is on track to fall for a third year in 2017 as more spending cuts are likely. That widens to more than a million barrels per day in both 2017 and 2018. When oil prices go up, people buy fuel efficient cars. When they go down, SUVs are back in style.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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BGPY in 2011) would represent just 7% of the estimated global transportation fuels market in 2021. Meanwhile, aviation and marine fuel demand could add 200 BGPY or more to global transportation fuel demand by 2021.despite conventional versus advanced, ethanol infrastructure versus drop-in compatibility, fuels.

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PwC industry survey provides check-up on determining factors for EV success

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This is already a reality as governments around the world have offered billions of dollars in the form of loans, grants, and rebates through various stimulus programs. Respondents predict that coal will remain the primary energy source for EVs in 2020 (28.9%), followed by Fossil fuel/oil (21.4%).

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. While in the near-term, biofuels are a proven alternative to petroleum-based fuels, in the long-term they could radically alter the fuel market’s geopolitical landscape by meeting an expanding portion of consumer demand, the report suggests.

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IRENA, IEA study concludes meeting 2?C scenario possible with net positive economics

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Today around the world, new renewable power plants are being built that will generate electricity for less cost than fossil-fuel power plants. And through 2050, the decarbonization can fuel sustainable economic growth and create more new jobs in renewables. Around US$3.5 trillion in 2015. of global gross domestic product (GDP) in 2050.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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MMTCO 2 e (+0.2%) in 2018 compared to 2017. While the transportation sector saw a reduction in emissions from 2017 to 2018 (-0.9%), emissions rose in all other economic sectors in 2018: Agriculture & Forestry (+0.8%), Commercial (+2.1%), Electricity Power (+1.5%), Industrial (+0.7%), and Residential (+0.3%). in 2017 to 40.9%

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EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

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Fuel cell assembly fluid flow plate having conductive fibers and rigidizing material therein." Properties of optical fibres at cryogenic temperatures. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 2, 11 Sept. ResearchGate, doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04630.x. 1365-8711.2001.04630.x. Accessed 2 Aug. 4 Chen, Bingqiang. 5 Xu, Jingke.

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