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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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for year 2007. A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies. For the remaining sources, the following fuel consumption data were used: national data from the United Nations Statistics Division (1949?1970); Click to enlarge.

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API: US petroleum demand last month highest for October since 2007; 19.9 mbpd

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These were the highest October deliveries since 2007. —API Director of Statistics Hazem Arafa. Total petroleum deliveries in October moved up by 1.1% from October 2016 to average 19.9 million barrels per day, according to data from the American Petroleum Institute (API). compared to the same period last year.

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Does e-commerce affect the amount of travel in the United States?

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For example, retail e-commerce sales during the fourth quarter of 2007 totaled $36.2 Bureau of Labor Statistics. The years analyzed were 2007 and 2017 (the latest available survey year). billion (in current dollars), or 3.5% of all retail sales. During the fourth quarter of 2017 retail e-commerce sales totaled $119.0

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NHTSA estimates 38,680 traffic fatalities in 2020, up 7.2% from 2019 despite 13.2% drop in VMT

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2020 shows that an estimated 38,680 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. The projected fatality rate for 2020 would be the greatest since 2007. This represents an estimated increase of about 7.2%

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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statistics segment road vehicles differently, the data are for all road vehicles. (I Office for National Statistics (populations). In Great Britain the peak distance (in 2007) was 15.4% decrease from the peak in 2007 to 2013, while in the United States there was a 6.6% The years examined were 1993 through 2018.

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

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Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Consumption per capita dropped from 414 gallons in 2019 to 356 gallons in 2020, again a drop of 14%.

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Gallup poll finds decrease in percentage of US commuters driving themselves to work

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In 2007, 85% of Americans drove themselves to work and 6% rode with someone else. Meanwhile, the minority of Americans who employ alternative ways of getting to work—mass transportation, walking, biking, working remotely or “something else”—has grown, from 9% in 2007 to 16% today. minutes to get to and from their jobs.

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