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Navigant forecasts global natural gas fleet of 34.9M by 2020

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Other factors, such as increased vehicle availability, a shortage of oil refining capabilities, tightening emissions restrictions, and increased energy security, are also fueling growth within specific countries. Italy and Ukraine, the largest markets, are slowest growing (3% and 4% CAGR, respectively) due to their relative maturity.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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  After understanding the advantages and witnessing the growth tesla had, throughout the following decade, global automakers have been lining up with bold new promises to fully electrify their line range of cars.   Hydrogen will become increasingly prominent as the global economy decarbonizes, a process that cannot be postponed.

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The Fall and Rise of Russian Electronic Warfare

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And now Ukraine, including by extension its intelligence partners in NATO, had a Krasukha-4 to dissect and analyze. After nearly a decade of owning the airwaves during a Moscow-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine, EW was. At least three of Russia’s five electronic warfare brigades are engaged in Ukraine. not available).

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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In practice, the call for a change is a call for Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two dominant global crude exporters, which each daily export over seven-plus mmbbls (including condensates and NGLs) and which each see the other as the key to any "balancing" moves, to bear the brunt of any production cuts. A chart is available on Bloomberg.

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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I think, in the next 15, 20 years, there is going to be a real chance for SMRs to be commercially available and widely deployed.” In 2018, US Congress mandated that the USNRC create a new process specifically for new, future reactor designs. So far, Rosatom has avoided Western sanctions over Russian aggression in Ukraine.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The resulting changes in the size, composition and distribution of the world’s population have important consequences for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the globally agreed targets for improving economic prosperity and social well-being while protecting the environment. The global fertility rate, which fell from 3.2

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. reported range of just 240 km, although a 360-km model is also available.