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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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million excess deaths in cities globally in 2019. concentrations and associated mortality trends in more than 13,000 cities globally between 2000-2019. attributable mortality rates between 2000 and 2019 for the top 250 most populated urban areas based on 2019 WorldPop estimates. (A) g) per cubic meter.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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The biggest drop was in April 2020 (a reduction of 40% compared with April 2019) followed by a gradual rebound later in the year. In December 2020, the reduction was 11% compared with December 2019. Overall , vehicle miles traveled in 2020 were down 13% compared with 2019. Total consumption. Consumption per capita.

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Rolls-Royce Power Systems road map for climate-neutrality; 35% cut by 2030 from 2019; key role of mtu engines

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By 2030, the Rolls-Royce business unit is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon technologies. Rolls-Royce Power Systems has outlined its road map for climate neutrality: Net Zero@Power Systems.

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IDTechEx: despite efforts to reduces rare-earth use, percentage of permanent magnet-based EV motors rising

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The new IDTechEx report “ Materials for Electric Vehicles 2020-2030 ” finds that in recent years, there has been an increased shift towards more permanent magnet-based motors: 2019 saw this increase to 82% compared to 79% in 2015. Processing 1 tonne of rare-earths can produce up to 2000 tonnes of toxic waste.

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Production of crude oil as a percentage of proved reserves: Recent worldwide and US trends

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However, production in 2020 (the first year of the pandemic) decreased by 7% compared with 2019 both in the world and in the United States. Production as % of reserves. Analogously, during the same period, production of crude oil increased by 28% in the world, compared with an increase of 31% in the United States.

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Traditional retail sales steady despite e-commerce

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E-commerce sales in the United States in 2019 amounted to 11.0% In comparison, the corresponding percentage in 2000 was only 0.9%. The years examined were 2015 through 2019. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. of all retail sales— the highest percentage yet.

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£600M investment for all-electric MINI production in the UK

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billion) on its Swindon, Hams Hall and Oxford plants since 2000. The Oxford plant celebrated its 110 th anniversary this year and has been successfully producing the current MINI Electric since 2019, where it is fully integrated into the production line with the conventional (ICE) models.