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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. Sometimes the engine water pump might leak. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect.

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Japan team reports pathway to green ammonia: photocatalytic conversion of nitrogen with water

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Researchers in Japan report that a commercially available TiO 2 with a large number of surface oxygen vacancies, when photo-irradiated by UV light in pure water with nitrogen—successfully produces ammonia (NH 3 ). As a result of this, NH 3 is produced from water and N 2 under ambient conditions by using sunlight as energy source.

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

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A team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have developed a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst consisting of synthesized stacked graphene and W x Mo 1–x S 2 alloy phases that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process. 7b02060.

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New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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Moreover, it is a cheap carbon source which can increase the atom utilization of CO 2 hydrogenation due to the stoichiometric ratio of C and O atoms, as well as reducing the formation of water. … 2017) “One-Step Reforming of CO 2 and CH 4 into High-Value Liquid Chemicals and Fuels at Room Temperature by Plasma-Driven Catalysis,” Angew.

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Global Bioenergies plans to acquire Dutch start-up Syngip; gaseous carbon feedstocks for renewable isobutene process

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CO 2 , CO and syngas cause global warming, but represent an abundant and cheap source of carbon. just using water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. The board of directors of Global Bioenergies will convene an extraordinary shareholders meeting on 2 February 2017 to decide on this acquisition project. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Danish Power Systems sets new record with degradation rate in high-temperature polymer fuel cells

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In a typical operating temperature range of 120=180 ˚C, HT-PEMFCs exhibit advantages such as good CO tolerance along with simple water and thermal management. Methanol is cheap to produce and it is easy to extract methanol from biological resources. The Danish Power Systems fuel cell stacks use methanol as fuel. 2016.12.075.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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The lithium, found in salty water, or brines, is the most cost-effective on the market; it’s cheap and easy to extract, giving competing battery gigafactories new, affordable American lithium resources that will be a global game-changer.

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