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Used Car of the Day: 2000 Jeep Wrangler

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This 2000 Jeep Wrangler might be the ticket. Check out this Texas-based rig here. Hey there, want a 24-year-old off-roader? liter with an automatic transmission and 193,000 miles on it. It has a hard top and full doors. The paint is new and the motor is rebuilt. The seller claims the A/C blows cold and the transmission shifts smoothly.

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Used Car of the Day: 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS SLP

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The 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS SLP is one of those cars I used to geek out on when I picked up a buff book back during my college days. The asking price for this Texas-based car is $15,900. So naturally, I picked this one for today's UCOTD. This car has T-tops, the factory Hurst shifter, a factory Monsoon stereo, and factory leather.

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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

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This Texas Instruments calculator, called the Little Professor, debuted in 1976 and proved an instant hit. A 9-volt battery powered the Texas Instrument TMS0975NL integrated circuit and the eight-digit LED display. Texas Instruments still makes a version of the Little Professor, only now it’s sustainably powered with solar cells.)

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Three sustainable marine fuels showcased at Miami International Boat Show

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Since 2000, emissions from marine engines have decreased more than 90% and fuel efficiency has increased more than 40%. Purfuels gasoline is available in Texas and will soon also be available for bulk purchase in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and the East Coast from Maryland to Maine. Recreational boating emissions account for 0.7%

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EIA: US average gasoline prices before Memorial Day highest since 2014

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This automotive travel total marks a 52% increase from Memorial Day 2020, when only 23 million people traveled by automobile, the fewest since 2000, when AAA began estimating holiday travel. Texas continues to have the lowest gasoline price among the states included in the survey.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 million tonnes CO 2 ), followed by Texas (194.9 From 2000 to 2010, CO 2 emissions fell in 32 states and rose in 18 states.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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The expansion will include on-site fueling stations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Construction is already underway at previously-announced UPS facilities in Tennessee and Texas. Currently, UPS operates LNG tractors in Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz.,

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