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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

Let's build a scenario Let's say you want to purchase a 2023 Chevy Bolt in Texas. Comparison vehicle based on size and price: VW GTI S DATA: MSRP for both vehicles is $25,600 (before incentives and resale value). Austin Energy (Austin, TX) DTE Energy (Detroit, MI) Duquesne Light Co.

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Argonne analysis shows greenhouse gas emissions similar for shale, conventional oil

Green Car Congress

The research, conducted by Argonne researchers in collaboration with Stanford University and the University of California, Davis, analyzed the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas and the Bakken play mainly in North Dakota. Light crude oil trapped in rock, such as shale, is called tight oil. As reported in a 2015 paper by Rahman et al.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Oil sands comprise clay, sand, water, and bitumen. Dilbit is also processed to remove sand, water, and other impurities.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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Comparison of proposed Keystone XL route to previously proposed project segment. The majority of the WCSB oil is considered a heavy crude oil, while Bakken crude is considered a light crude oil. Upgrading bitumen into SCO removes the light ends and heavy residuum ahead of transport to the refinery. Source: Draft SEIS.

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SpaceX’s upgraded Starship factory begins to take shape in South Texas

Teslarati

As previously discussed on Teslarati, documents submitted to a Florida water management agency have already revealed plans for a similar East Coast Starship factory and shed light on what the first unofficially named ‘Starfactory’ might look like in Texas.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Being built at a new Gigafactory in Austin Texas, first US Cybertruck deliveries are scheduled for production late in 2023, having been delayed on multiple occasions. As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. Will it come to Australia?

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Flow Rate Group Preliminary Best Estimate Puts Oil Flow from Deepwater BP Well Between 12,000 and 19,000 Barrels per Day; Obama Administration Extends Suspension of Offshore Drilling

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As a comparison, the Exxon Valdez accident spilled almost 11 million gallons. USGS has previously used the AVIRIS tool to discover water on the moon. Up until now, BP and the National Incident Command had been publicly using an estimate of 5,000 barrels per day. million to 11.3 Riser Insertion Tube Tool Estimate.

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