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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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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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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

January 2009 | Conversations The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). A: I’m much more hopeful today than I was in 2005, simply because the car companies have painted themselves into a corner. Q: When gas prices went up, people started driving less, and interest in EVs soared. Is this discouraging?

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

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Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. gCO 2 e/MJ for diesel over the period 2005–2035. The CIs of gasoline and diesel are expected to increase from 93.1 gCO 2 e/MJ for gasoline and from 92.0

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