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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

Green Car Congress

OPEC exports have come under pressure this week from technical threats to oil fields, with Saudi Arabia’s Manifa problems grabbing the headlines. At the same time, Saudi Arabia’s export volumes have been hit by high local summer demand for crude oil and products. by Cyril Widdershoven for Oilprice.com.

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

Plug In India

This is due to the fact cobalt is used to extract sulfur during the refining of crude oil. 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. Good luck recycling that Cobalt into anything. [4]

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

Cars That Think

He also contributed to algorithms enabling autonomous undersea vehicles to inspect offshore oil and gas platforms after hurricanes so that divers don’t have to. As part of the job, in Oghara, Nigeria, then a small fishing village along the Niger River, he collected fares and directed passengers on and off the bus.

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