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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments, including 35 industrialized countries, also agreed to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol—due to expire next year— from 1 January 2013. future agreements. future agreements. will be led by the climate science in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and the global Review from 2013-2015.

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Tesla shipped 6,892 Model S units in Q4 2013, 22,477 full year; battery Gigafactory announcement next week

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Tesla Motors announced record deliveries of 6,892 Model S vehicles worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2013, with 22,477 vehicles in the full year. GAAP net loss per share for the quarter ending 30 Sep 2013 was $(0.32), and for Q4 of 2012, $(0.79). In 2013, Tesla pulled in almost $2.5 on a non-GAAP basis and 25.8%

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KiOR halts cellulosic fuels production at Columbus in Q1 to optimize production; need for R&D to boost yield and cut costs

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In December 2013, Cannon had said that KiOR would operate the Columbus plant “ on a limited campaign basis only ” to verify the impact of improvements. With the final 2013 overall volumes and standards requiring 16.55 Earlier post.) —Fred Cannon. For the 2014 percentage standards, EPA proposed reducing the overall target to 15.21

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Pinnacle’s opposed-piston scooter engine can meet NOx target with lean operation and ignition delay; little fuel economy hit

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For the target market (the Asian scooter market), the low NO x capability of the Pinnacle engine provides a significant cost benefit to manufacturers. When the entire vehicle costs around $700, that’s a significant difference. —Willcox and Cleeves (2013). What can we use that for? —Monty Cleeves. Willcox, James M.

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Researchers in POWERFUL develop new two-stroke diesel featuring low consumption and low criteria emissions

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This entails a significant saving in fuel consumption, as well as a reduction in the cost of the engine itself. We have been able to reduce the engine weight by between 50 and 60% with regard to the equivalent four-stroke engine. —Ricardo Novella, researcher at CMT-Motores Térmicos of the Universitat Politècnica de València. Resources.

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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. What are the prospects for avoiding this dystopian future? F of warming. .

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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He helped the company test the technology, spoke to the press movingly about his experiences, and even met Stevie Wonder at a conference. “[I] Now, as the company fades away, the future of high-tech vision implants seems blurrier than ever. approval in 2013. Second Sight began with a flash of light. skiing and shooting arrows.