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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

Green Car Congress

Historical analysis shows strong acceleration of plantation development in recent years: 70% of all industrial plantations have been established since 2000 and only 4% of the current plantation area existed in 1990. That number is in my opinion conservative, and consistent with a slight reduction in the rate of peat conversion.

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What are the types of batteries used in EV? | EV Basics

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Alkaline fuel cells consume oxygen and pure oxygen to produce drinking water, heat and electricity. They are among the most efficient fuel cells, with the potential to reach 70%. (2) It not only serves as an electrolyte to provide a channel for hydrogen ions, but also serves as a diaphragm to isolate the two polar reaction gases.On

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SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

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In their paper, the SwRI researchers reported that the conversion to D-EGR improved engine efficiency and fuel consumption at least 10% across the performance map, with some operating conditions seeing substantially higher improvements. D-EGR brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) at 2000 rpm 2 bar BMEP dropped 14.3% Click to enlarge.

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Best speakers ever

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Founding EVA chapter connects with entrepreneurial stars. When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” It was mostly members with electric conversions.

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Going with the talent flow

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That legislation led to conversations between the landlords and the tenants, or the owners and the associations,” he explained. Now Barnhart, with most of his political connections in Salem still intact, is the perfect clean energy lobbyist. with the support of the University of Oregon and the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB).

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Mercedes-Benz powering ahead with €3B strategic engine initiative; increasing electrification, 48V; diesel and gasoline; cylinder deactivation

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The 48 V electrical system serves not only high power consumers, such as the water pump and air-conditioning compressor, but also the Integrated Starter-Alternator (ISG), which also supplies energy to the battery by means of highly efficient energy recovery. The water pump is chain-driven by the timing assembly.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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Whipple , who went on to become an expert in water sanitation and to cofound the Harvard School of Public Health) had filed for their first patent: an electric thermometer intended to be used to measure temperature at a distance or in inaccessible places. Warren sought a better approach and suspected electric motors might be the answer.