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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought a stream of reports about the country’s energy exports. After the Soviet Union unraveled in the early 1990s, its wheatlands were divided between Russia and Ukraine. Here are the basic facts. This article appears in the September 2022 print issue as “Fuel, Food, and War.”.

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Toyota hybrid sales in Europe up 17% in 2015, representing 24% of total TME sales

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Despite the lowest gasoline prices in Europe in 5 years, Toyota Motor Europe’s (TME) sales of hybrid vehicles continued their 5-year increase to reach 209,000 units for the full year 2015, up 17% year-on-year. Overall sales of Toyota and Lexus vehicles were 874,000 units in 2015, a drop of 1.5% year-on-year. year-on-year.

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Adamas Intelligence forecasts global passenger EV market to deploy 762.9 GWh onto roads in 2023; December rule of thumb

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From 2015 through 2018, the rule of thumb predictions were accurate to within a range of +5% and -12%. From 2015 through 2018, the rule of thumb predictions were accurate to within 10%. In 2019, the rule of thumb over-predicted reality by 35%. In 2019, the rule of thumb over-predicted reality by 23%.

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SpaceX set to launch 40 satellites for Starlink rival OneWeb

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In June 2015, just 16 months after Russia illegally invaded Ukraine’s Crimea and Donbas regions, OneWeb chose to tie itself at the hip to the unstable aggressor with a firm $1-1.5 billion contract that committed the entirety of its first satellite constellation to 21 Russian Soyuz rockets.

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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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His paper drew largely on data from the United States and Ukraine, countries where data about coal mine status and methane is fully available. In the United States in 2015, about one-third of abandoned mines were flooded. Ukraine reported that all its mines abandoned that year were flooded.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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Many countries, cities, companies, and individuals have made pledges to reduce emissions, and it is stark reminder that despite all this rhetoric, global fossil CO 2 emissions are more than 5% higher than in 2015, the year of the Paris Agreement. growth) for coal, but decline by 2.3% for oil, 1.1% for natural gas, and 7.0% for cement.

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Roland Berger: Russian embargo against the Western automotive industry would hit Russia harder

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A decision by Russia to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the European Union and the US over Ukraine by imposing strong Russian sanctions—i.e., million new cars for 2015 would see only a slight drop. This scenario would see almost 110,000 fewer vehicles sold on the Russian market in 2015. —Uwe Kumm.

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