Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven. An added benefit of the conversion program is that it not only reduces pollution but also extends the life of the vehicles, helping to eliminate waste production and creating a reduce-and-reuse program.

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Convert Fleet Hybrid Eaton 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Oil sands mines produce waste material called tailings; the waste materials have been difficult to reclaim and have grown larger than projected. Over the past decade, production from oil sands more than doubled from 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2000 to 1.35 mbd by 2030, according to the report.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

These standard trucks used in the retrofit programme were models from 2000 or 2001 with 300,000-500,000 miles on the clock. The aim of the conversion programme is not only to reduce pollution but also to extend the life of the vehicles, helping to eliminate waste production. The powertrain equipment was replaced with a Cummins 6.7l

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Fleet Hybrid San Diego Eaton 36

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

The Pacific Coast Termite grant also funded an environmentally friendly XT-2000 Orange Oil termite treatment for the greenhouse. Plants in black tubes behind the ECHS Science teacher are being fed by aquaponic system in the new solar-powered greenhouse. Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have engineered the industrial yeast S. cerevisiae for metabolism of toxic waste products. Cicerone (2000) Emissions of Methyl Halides and Methane from Rice Paddies. fermentans ferments cellulosic feedstocks to acetate and ethanol, which the modified S.

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Engine Fuel San Francisco Convert 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple. The company went on to design and manufacture mobile-phone handsets and parts for Motorola ( MOT , Fortune 500 ), Nokia ( NOK ), Sony Ericsson, and Samsung.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62