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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

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5] Atrocities of the OIL industry EV FUD creators cry about Lithium or Cobalt battery manufacturing and conveniently don't talk about the terrible practices by the oil industry. The environment impact by the OIL industry is incomparable compared to any battery manufacturing. Good luck recycling that Cobalt into anything. [4]

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Platts: June OPEC output of 32.73M barrels of crude per day, highest since Aug. 2008

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million b/d, as production in Nigeria and Libya tentatively recovered along with steady increases for Saudi Arabia and Iran, according to an S&P Global Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials. Nigerian production hit 30-year lows in May as militancy continued in the country’s oil rich Niger Delta.

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"Transmission Losses:" West African pirates

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West Africa's burgeoning oil industry has a pirate problem. Most were related to the oil industry. 5 Nigerian pirates stormed a Panamanian-flagged Ukrainian tanker, the Westaf, anchored off Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, according to the Sovfracht Maritime Bulletin published in Kiev.

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Comparative genomics study of industrial fungus seeks to better harness potential for biofuels applications

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Aspergillus niger, shown here with its DNA lit up in green, is a fungus that can be used on an industrial scale to produce enzymes or chemicals such as citric acid. niger is thus a well understood fungal fermentation process. Aspergillus niger is an industrial workhorse for enzymes and small molecules such as organic acids.

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Water Levels Dropping in Some of the Worlds Major Rivers

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Several of the rivers channeling less water serve large populations, including the Yellow River in northern China, the Ganges in India, the Niger in West Africa and the Colorado in the southwestern United States. Many factors may affect river discharge, including dams and the diversion of water for agriculture and industry.

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Oil Prices Running Out Of Reasons To Rally

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percent in intraday trading on Monday, after a report at the end of last week showed another solid build in the US rig count, the tenth consecutive week that the oil industry added rigs back into the field. WTI and Brent sank more than 2.5 In fact, production appears to have declined in December, falling 200,000 bpd to 1.45

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Tohoku researchers develop efficient hydrodynamic reactor for pretreatment of biomass

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In a paper published in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , the Tohoku team sugested that the HD-SP system could be easily scaled up for a high-throughput system. When pressure at the constriction (venturi throat) falls below the vapor pressure of the liquid, HD cavities (bubbles) are generated. 5b04375.

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