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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. Since 2000, VMT per licensed driver for the population under 20 has dropped by 13%. Source: EIA. economic Click to enlarge.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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He authored or coauthored more than 100 papers and 14 books, including The Disappearance of Telecommunications , published in 2000 by IEEE Press. Every conversation with him was a journey, where words were not just sounds, but bridges to a deeper understanding. In our conversations, Roberto truly shined.

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Bright Automotive To Convert VW Transporters to Plug-ins

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Start-up Bright Automotive, which in May unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van ( earlier post ), will convert VW Transporter vans with the series hybrid Bright powertrain as a bridge between the concept and the production version of the IDEA. 2000 / 907. 2000 / 907. Fuel economy, 50-mile cycle.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution,” the eminent geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky wrote in 1973. The world’s production of meat and poultry reached about 100 million tonnes in 1970, 233 million tonnes in 2000, and 325 million tonnes in 2020. That goes for the human diet. We are omnivores, not herbivores.

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SMR company NuScale Power successfully completes helical coil steam generator testing

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NuScale is currently developing and testing computer code design analysis software to support the NRC design certification of their advanced light water reactor design. The NuScale design includes a first-of-a-kind HCSG for conversion of nuclear heat into process steam.

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IH2 technology licensed for demonstration plant to convert woody biomass into drop-in hydrocarbon transportation fuels

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Hydrogen production, converting light gases generated in the first stage to hydrogen in sufficient quantity to supply all process needs. The IH 2 technology is an efficient conversion route for lignocellulosic biomass. gallon at 2000 tonne dry feed/day scale on a USGC (US Gulf Coast) basis using a full stand-alone design.

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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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SYNC 3 features faster performance, conversational voice recognition, intuitive smartphone-like touch screen and easier-to-understand graphical interface. An indicator light provides a warning in the side mirror corresponding to the side on which the vehicle is approaching.

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