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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. That is normal.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal. Annual investment in the global renewables industry had grown from $16.5

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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The cost of fully implementing the Kyoto Protocol (in terms of lost economic growth) has been estimated at roughly $180 billion a year. YounJung (2004), “Technology Licensing”, Patents, Innovation and Economic Performance , OECD, Paris, pp.181-199. It’s simply not in their interest to do so. Obstacles to Licensing. Renergie’s Weblog.