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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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We need to go back to November 2017, to the start of the ‘Prius Revolution’ in the family. I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect. How did it all start? It was time to buy our first car.

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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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Our research proved that poplar coppice can be a good option to meet the cheap, high-volume criteria of biofuel feedstock. Ultimately, the researchers say that coppice poplar is likely the best balance of cost and reliability for Pacific Northwest growers to produce biofuel. Chang Dou, Wilian F. Marcondes, Jessica E.

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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

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Besides the low cost of ownership, electric motorcycles improve the riding experience, taking away the noise, fumes, vibration, shifting, and clutching from the user experience, alongside the environmental benefits of low emissions. The result has been strong growth on par with the electric car market since 2017, as shown in the chart below.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004.

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Renault and Powervault in EV battery “second-life” partnership trial

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This partnership will reduce the cost of a Powervault smart battery unit by 30%, helping Powervault to bring home energy storage to the tipping point of mass-market roll-out in the UK. Powervault units can also automatically charge using low-cost, off-peak energy from the grid.

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Penn State, FSU team develops low-cost, efficient layered heterostructure catalyst for water-splitting

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The researchers suggested that their strategy offers a cheap and low temperature synthesis alternative able to replace Pt in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, the high cost and scarcity of Pt prohibits its application to fulfil the energy demand. 7b02060.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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Or in other words we are reliant on Putin to keep the light on and at his mercy on the cost of the gas. Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased. The unit cost of Gas in the UK is 4 times the price of US Gas. – Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas.

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