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T&E study finds EU has replaced Russian oil barrel-for-barrel as continent fails to cut demand

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The largest part of the export growth came from Texas, followed by Norway’s biggest field Johan Sverdrup and Brazil’s Lula field. C target, new oil projects are still being planned globally and in the key countries supplying the EU. While developing new oil and gas projects is seen to be “incompatible” with the 1.5°C C carbon budget.

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Tesla’s 3rd-largest individual shareholder suggests clever strategy for TSLA buyback

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He argued that the Fremont Factory, Giga Shanghai, Giga Texas, and Giga Berlin were like “money printing machines.”. Reasonably, Tesla buys back its cheap stocks pic.twitter.com/GVOWnUIaJ8 — KoGuan Leo (@KoguanLeo) May 19, 2022. So Tesla can buy back cheap stocks now. . “We

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Tesla building permits reveal unannounced ‘Lithium Lab’

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It’s no secret that Tesla has been diving head first into developing more dependable lithium supplies, even going as far as opening its own lithium refinery in Southern Texas. Tesla has applied for a set of building permits regarding a previously unannounced “Lithium Lab,” which is likely an upcoming R&D facility.

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Opinion: Here’s what will send oil prices back up again

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From June of 2014 until now, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil has fallen approximately 57 percent. There is no doubt that supply has increased. Supply alone, however, doesn’t determine price. The question we should be asking ourselves is not if oil prices will recover, but when they will.

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SpaceX is building launch pad tanks out of Starship parts and that’s a big deal

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SpaceX has begun installing the first of numerous propellant storage tanks at its first orbital South Texas launch facilities – a mostly ordinary and expected step made extraordinary by the fact that those tanks will be built out of Starship parts. Just dawned on me that this is a much bigger deal than it might seem.

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PNNL study finds US could grow enough algae to produce 25B gallons of fuel per year

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Sites where water supply costs are. In this expanded study, they constrained freshwater supplies and estimated the delivery costs of saline alternatives for sites lacking freshwater. They note that freshwater is cheap but in very limited supply in many areas. We assume a steady supply based on long-term means.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

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Drew Baglino noted that Giga Texas already makes dry electrode batteries. Elon mentions a cathode refining facility just down the road from Giga Texas as well. 17:47 CST – Tesla Electric is rolling out in Texas too! The vehicle was made in Giga Texas. Every week, the program makes progress.

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