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Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

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liter Power Stroke V8 offered in Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks, the fuel system has been tailored and calibrated for combustion efficiency. liter turbo diesel features piezoelectric fuel injectors fed through a common rail fuel system with maximum fuel pressure of 1,800 bar (26,100 psi). Like the larger 6.7-liter

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Mitsubishi Heavy Signs MOU with PBMR Pty on Development of Small-size Nuclear Power Generation Plant

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MHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd ( PBMR Pty ) of the Republic of South Africa to study the area of collaboration in the development of the helium-cooled, High Temperature Reactor (HTR) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Emissions from ocean-going ships which burn minimally refined bunker fuel are primary sources of black carbon. In particular, Prentice seeks to shield Alberta’s emissions-intensive oil sands operations from the effects of emission reductions. Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7% “It has implications for us.

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