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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

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Mitsubishi began selling cars with its own branding in the United States in late 1982 , introducing three car models and a pickup as 1983 models. Having read all four episodes, you now know that 2004 was the final model year for the Diamante in North America, and that only 4,379 examples were sold here that year.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. If we look at the fine print, GM actually introduced a sort-of-a-hybrid vehicle as a 2004 model , though the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid/GMC Sierra Hybrid didn't have regenerative braking.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The MEL engine became exclusive to just the Lincoln Continental starting with the 1961 model year (and staying in production through 1968 ), but the Marauder name was just too good to throw away. It was brought back to life on the 2003-2004 Marauder , a version of the Grand Marquis powered by the Lincoln Mark VIII 's DOHC engine.

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Junkyard Find: 1995 Subaru Legacy L Wagon with 366,223 miles

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Well, today's Junkyard Find is the highest-mile discarded Fuji Heavy Industries product I've ever found. I live in Colorado, where Subarus are everywhere and the car graveyards are well-stocked with everything from early Leones to mangled WRXs , so I find a lot of these cars. Images: The Author] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

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New NASA-funded research has devised a way to use satellite measurements of the precursor gases that contribute to ozone formation to differentiate among three different sets of conditions that lead to its production. This transition means that future NO x reductions will likely further decrease ozone production, said Jin.

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Converting Oil Shale to Gasoline via Alberta Taciuk Processor Results in Full Fuel Cycle GHG Emissions 1.5-1.75 Larger Than From Conventionally Produced Gasoline

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The largest global oil shale deposits—estimated to be equivalent to 1,500 Gbbl oil equivalent—are found in the Green River formation of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. This project was terminated in 2004 due to cost overruns and opposition on environmental grounds. Results are also sensitive to the level of carbonate decomposition.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February, 2008 : Researchers from England, Germany, and the United States proposed replacing the term “tipping point”, which suggests a specific time frame, with “tipping elements” to describe known ecosystems in danger of collapse, yet for which a likely timeframe could not easily be estimated ( earlier post ).

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