Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2009

The RBAEF project, which was launched in 2003, is the most comprehensive study of the performance and cost of mature technologies for producing energy from biomass to date. Achieve production costs consistent with gasoline when oil prices are at about $30 a barrel. Professor Lee Lynd, Dartmouth College. Lynd et al.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Bush in 2003 committed$1.2 from its reliance on imported oil. Oil prices are going to go up. Honda’s American depositary receipts fell 66 cents, or2.3 percent, to $27.65 at 4:01 p.m. in New York Stock Exchangecomposite trading. They have gained 30 percent this year. Former U.S. President George W.

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