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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Today we bring you a 2003 Toyota Spyder as our used car of the day. It has a carbon fiber dash option. If you, like me, live someplace where it's cold, let this car bring you some sunshine dreams. This one has just under 15K miles on the odometer, is all original, and has the five-speed manual transmission.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

In full production since 2003 and now operating in thousands of buses, it has proven up to 25% fuel saving, depending on the duty cycle. million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. ElDorado expects to deliver the electric hybrid buses in the second quarter of 2022. These systems have accumulated more than 2.9

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), led by Battelle, has completed its Phase II projects to evaluate storage of carbon dioxide in its nine-state region. The Phase II work helped identify both the opportunities and challenges for carbon sequestration and provided direction for future efforts.

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JUNE 5, 2012

The PACC 2020 is self-financed from the carbon market and the extension until 2014 of the fuel levy and fossil fuels. GHG emissions in Québec reached their historic peak in 2003 to 6.8% The action plan and strategy adaptation represent a total investment of nearly C$2.7 billion (US$2.6 Almost 63% (C$1.7 above the level of 1990.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

It's a 2003 Mercedes-Benz CL55 AMG Lorinser. There's also custom audio, Zenetti wheels, and a carbon-fiber silver wood kit. Today's UCOTD is a 20-year-old sportster with relatively low miles. This car has mostly been garaged and the seller says it has been well maintained with very few problems. He or she has all the records.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

As a non-carbon-containing fuel, ammonia has the potential to reduce emissions of CO 2 significantly. Eidesvik has a strong track record in supporting sustainable innovations, having used LNG fuel in its fleet from as early as 2003, and fuel cells from 2006. Earlier post.)

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MAY 23, 2009

The Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven members of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has begun collecting core samples from a new characterization well near Spectra Energy’s Fort Nelson natural gas processing plant in British Columbia, Canada.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The initiative is sponsored by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which established the disclosure and reporting framework used by 2,500 of the world’s largest companies to report carbon emissions. Ford has reported to the CDP on its successful efforts to reduce its carbon footprint since 2003.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Relative contribution of major greenhouse gases to the overall change in radiative forcing between 1979 and 1984 (a) and from 2003 to 2008 (b). The globally averaged mixing ratio of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in 2008 was 385.2 The importance of CO 2 has increased substantially. Source: WMO. ppm, CH 4 at 1,797 ppb and N 2 O at 321.8

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APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e.

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MAY 22, 2013

For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. In addition to payments made in 2012 and Q1 2013, today’s wire of almost half a billion dollars ($451.8M) repays the full loan facility with interest.

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JUNE 8, 2018

km-resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California for years 2001–2003, 2007–2009 and 2013–2015. LA=Los Angeles basin, CV=Central Valley, OC=Organic Carbon, EC=Elemental Carbon. Maps of 3-year averaged PM 2.5 sulfate, nitrate, OC and EC concentrations estimated using 4.4 Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Nissan has set the goal to achieve carbon neutrality across the company’s global operations and the life cycle of its products by 2050 by pursuing further innovations in electrification and manufacturing technology. The plant employs approximately 5,000 people and has built nearly 5 million vehicles since opening in 2003.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC), one of seven regional partnerships created by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to advance carbon storage technologies nationwide ( earlier post ), has begun injecting carbon dioxide for their large-scale CO 2 injection test in Decatur, Illinois.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The first commercial farm of 12 hectares is expected to cost $10 million, will be situated in Penglai, utilizing carbon dioxide from the Penglai power station; it is planned to become operational during 2010. The agreement contemplates additional farms to be established based upon a pre-agreed timetable.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

London initially pioneered hydrogen buses in the UK when it took part in the Cleaner Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) trial from December 2003 to January 2007. The Mayor has a target for London to cut carbon emissions by 60% by 2025; 22% of carbon emissions there is generated by road transport.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

mass, B: organic carbon fraction (OC/PM), C: elemental carbon fraction (EC/PM)), global warming commitment (D: GWC-Kyoto, E: GWC-All), and F: fuel consumption. By 2003, all buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws in Delhi were retrofitted to run on CNG; only new vehicles with CNG engines are now available. (Of Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Butanol also has the potential to be upgraded to aviation jet fuel, a $50 billion market driven by increasing global interest on reduction of carbon emissions. GBL was founded in 2003 by Dr. Edward Green, Chief Scientific Officer, to develop fermentation technology for the growing global biobutanol industry.

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JULY 29, 2010

The MKS process is a thermochemical process combining gasification and catalysts to produce an essentially carbon-neutral 92 octane gasoline (Zero Fossil Input (ZFI) Gasoline), according to the company. Founded in 2003, RECAT Technologies Inc., CORE BioFuel Inc.,

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MAY 26, 2011

They include details of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulphur oxides (SO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), ammonia (NH 3 ) and particulate matter (PM 10 ). The new set of 32 maps allows Europeans to see on a scale of 5 km by 5 km where pollutants are released. Background.

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MARCH 5, 2010

Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. These findings do change our view of the vulnerability of the large sub-sea permafrost carbon reservoir on the ESAS; the permafrost “lid” is clearly perforated, and sedimentary CH 4 is escaping to the atmosphere. The permafrost under the ESAS—a 2.1

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OCTOBER 13, 2021

The new study looks specifically at hydrogen, extending analysis provided in the recently published (also by Zemo) Low Carbon Hydrogen Well-to-Tank Pathways Study. Among the main findings: Each of the hydrogen vehicle architectures analyzed can deliver low carbon, and in some cases negative, WTW GHG emissions solutions over the next decade.

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MAY 24, 2016

New research published today (23 May) in Scientific Reports has found a marked and progressive 80% decline in atmospheric CO (carbon monoxide) in SE England since 1997, following adoption of strict controls on gasoline vehicle emissions begin in the 1990s. The open-access study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

The NETL developed refractory was jointly researched with Harbison-Walker Refractories Company of Pittsburgh, PA; patented in 2003; and transferred via license to Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. The NETL refractory (right) has approximately 50% more material remaining after the test. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Since 2003, Allison has delivered more than 6,500 hybrid propulsion systems which have accumulated nearly 650 million miles, saving more than 34 million gallons of fuel and preventing 340 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Vanner will coordinate warranties for the IAP II ‘racked’ components.

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MARCH 11, 2009

The Lignite Field Validation Test is being conducted by the Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships under DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Since being introduced in 2003, Allison Hybrid H 40/50 EP equipped buses have traveled more than 550 million miles (885 million km). They have saved an estimated 29 million gallons of fuel and eliminated more than 290,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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APRIL 13, 2011

Germany, the first to implement the lowest sulfur level of 10 ppm in 2003, remains atop the ranking, followed by Japan and a six-country tie for third place among Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary and Sweden. —Kiuru-Griffith, Executive Director of IFQC.

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MARCH 14, 2014

At the core of technologies for converting the alkanes in natural gas is the chemistry of the carbon-hydrogen bond. The development of lower temperature (less than 250 °C), selective, alkane carbon-hydrogen bond conversion chemistry could lead to a major shift in energy and materials production technology.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

As Delphi’s Executive Vice President from 2000 to 2003, Runkle was responsible for the $14 billion Dynamics and Propulsion Systems Sector, where he acquired significant new business and led more than $4 billion of worldwide M&A venture transactions. Don Runkle.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Carbon dioxide emissions from road transport in the Netherlands could be reduced by 30% if motorway speed limits in the Netherlands were set at 80 km/h (50 mph). Short- and long-term CO 2 emission reductions as a share of total motorway CO 2 emissions by cars in various scenarios. Click to enlarge. mt for delivery vans.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

million gallons of fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 14,000 metric tonnes. The ORION algorithm was initially developed in a lab and tested at various UPS sites from 2003 to 2009. Most routes implemented with ORION have shown a mileage reduction. By the end of this year, the company expects to save more than 1.5

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MAY 25, 2025

Bertrand Piccard, left, and Prince Albert of Monaco, right, take off during the 25th International Hot Air Balloon week, in Chateau dOex, Switzerland, in 2003. Piccard: With Breitling Orbiter, I flew nonstop around the world, but with carbon emissions. We put the carbon fiber and the epoxy in the molds and then we cure it.

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JULY 6, 2020

In practical terms, this high GWP means that 1 t of SF 6 released to the atmosphere is equivalent to the release of 23,500t of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Of all the greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto Protocol, SF 6 is the most potent, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 23,500 over a 100-year time horizon.

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MAY 5, 2014

Reform of energy subsidies in oil-exporting countries can reduce carbon emissions and add years to oil exports, according to a new paper from Rice University''s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Indonesia, for example, after failed attempts in 1997 and 2003, successfully raised fuel prices in 2005 and 2008.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

A US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners has begun injecting carbon dioxide into coal seams in the Central Appalachian Basin to determine the feasibility of CO 2 storage in unmineable coal seams and the potential for enhanced coalbed methane recovery. This area has been assessed by researchers to have the capacity to store 1.3

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