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Used Car of the Day: 2006 Acura RSX Type S

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Today's UCOTD is a mostly clean-looking 2006 Acura RSX Type S that's based here in the Chicago area -- snap it up before I do. There's not much detail here other than the car was owned by the same family -- the father first, then the son -- and the clutch was replaced in 2019. The mileage is over 154K and the ask is $8,500.

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Comment on Zhido, which went through boom and bust, launches mini EV with starting price of $4,400 by Lawrence

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"Founded in 2006, Zhido once dominated China's all-electric mini EV market, but entered bankruptcy reorganization in 2019"."Founded Founded in 2006, Zhido was one of the first local EV makers and had dominated the pure electric microcar market."

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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The biggest drop was in April 2020 (a reduction of 40% compared with April 2019) followed by a gradual rebound later in the year. In December 2020, the reduction was 11% compared with December 2019. Overall , vehicle miles traveled in 2020 were down 13% compared with 2019. Total consumption. Consumption per capita.

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EPA finalizes RFS volumes for 2019 and biomass-based diesel volumes for 2020

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that establishes the required renewable fuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019, and biomass-based diesel for 2020. Advanced biofuel volumes for 2019 will increase by 630 million gallons over the 2018 standard. —NBB CEO Donnell Rehagen.

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EPA proposes strengthening primary annual NAAQS for PM2.5

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In developing this proposed rule, EPA considered the thousands of studies in the 2019 PM Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) and the Supplement to the 2019 PM ISA, both of which were made available for public comment and expert review. In 2006, EPA vacated the annual average for PM 10. In 1997, the Agency added PM 2.5

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Ford Taurus SE

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The original Ford Taurus first appeared as a 1986 model , going through three generations and nearly 10 million sales (counting the Mercury Sable ) before getting the axe in October of 2006. The 206xxx sequence number in the VIN indicates very late production, though, meaning this car likely was built in October of 2006.

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NOAA study finds little evidence for large increases in total US methane emissions over the past decade

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Methane is a potent greenhouse gas emitted during the natural gas production cycle; the nearly 50% increase in natural gas production from 2006 to 2015 has led to concerns that emissions have risen pari passu. over North America in recent years (2006-2015 for CH 4 , and 2008-2015 for C 2 H 6 and C 3 H 8 for most sites. 1 for 2006?2015,

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