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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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You could get the Geo Metro with an automatic, and I've found exactly one during my junkyard travels (and that includes EV conversions ). You could buy versions of this car all the way through 2017 in Pakistan. Amazingly, the right-side mirror was included at no extra cost on all 1992 Metro models except the gas-mileage-king XFi.

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Forecast: Global Natural Gas Vehicle Fleet to Reach 17 Million by 2015

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to reach just more than 3 million vehicles (including conversions) by 2015. Light-duty NGVs are not readily available in North America and parts of Asia, and are, in many cases, completely unavailable to private owners, the report notes. between 2008 and 2015, which translates into 31,347 vehicles (including conversions) sold in 2015.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

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While compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, the report suggests that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Natural gas to fuel conversion processes.

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Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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Drought is expected to become more common in many of these areas, as well as higher surface temperatures, which dry out soils, evaporate snowmelt, and require accelerated water inflows.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

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The best part was the road had very less non-human traffic. The interesting part about the Mughal era brick is that it is much thinner than the modern day brick. Enterprising hunters in Afghanistan and Pakistan were the possible cause for a change in migration routes. Roads usually circumvent hills in this part of the country.

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