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California 2019 crude average carbon intensity up

Green Car Congress

Pursuant to section 95489(c)(3)(B) of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Regulation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer has posted the final 2017 Crude Average Carbon Intensity calculation: 12.52 The three-year California Crude Average carbon intensity of 12.26 CI (gCO 2 e/MJ). Data: CARB. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Average Carbon Intensity of crude to California refineries in 2012 down very slightly from 2010 baseline

Green Car Congress

Staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted its calculation of the average 2012 annual carbon intensity of crudes supplied to California refineries. gCO 2/MJ, calculated by weighting the carbon intensity value for each crude by the volume supplied to California refineries during 2012. The average value is 11.36

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Average 2020 crude carbon intensity for California rose 7% to 13.41 gCO2e/MJ

Green Car Congress

Each year, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) posts the Annual Crude Average carbon intensity for crude oil delivered to California refineries. The annual CI value flows into the calculation of a three-year California Crude Average carbon intensity. gCO 2 e/MJ from 12.52 gCO 2 e/MJ—greater than the baseline of 11.78

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Ethanol Producers Group Calls for Congress to Repeal International Indirect Land Use Provision in RFS2

Green Car Congress

That’s why we need Congress to act today to pass legislation either repealing this flawed concept, or adopting the provision recently passed by the House of Representatives to require a thorough review by the National Academy of Science [sic]. Accompanying the statement was a picture of oil wells burning in Iraq in 1991.

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IHS CERA meta-analysis finds lifecycle GHG emissions for fuel produced solely from oil sands crude average 11% higher than from average crude refined in the US; high variability

Green Car Congress

Although crudes derived from the Canadian oil sands are more carbon-intensive than the average oil refined in the United States, they are within the range of some other crude oils produced, imported, or refined in the United States, including crudes from Venezuela, Nigeria, Iraq, and California heavy oil production, according to the report.

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

Cars That Think

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the author’s book War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future (University of California Press, published in paperback April 2024). Take, for example, this case described by a Marine who served in Iraq: My team once had a robot that was obnoxious.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CDM Baby, CDM Ruminations on Vegas and NASCAR California Dreamin' ► February (16) Car Sharing and Saving in a Tough Economy Throwing down the gauntlet to Secretary Clinton Weather Does Not Equal Climate The Hub Lab Seeks Revolutionary New Energy Science. Ethanol – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, the Beautif. 12:47 PM joe said.

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