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NUS team discovers bacterium that produces only biobutanol directly from cellulose

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A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a naturally occurring bacterium, Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum TG57, isolated from waste generated after harvesting mushrooms, is capable of directly converting cellulose to biobutanol. Credit: National University of Singapore.

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MISC, Samsung Heavy, Lloyd’s Register and MAN partner to develop ammonia-fueled tanker

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The energy conversion rate of this system is higher than that of biomaterial-based systems, but the production pathway cannot tap into potential energy sources such as waste biomass. This builds on the technology development pathway that MAN ES presented at the NH3 Energy+ Topical Conference at Pittsburgh in October 2018.

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Tesla stock dips as Elon Musk agrees to sell 10% of his personal TSLA shares

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Musk’s poll was triggered in part by recent conversations about billionaires’ unrealized gains being used as a means to avoid taxes. The securities were from performance awards that he was granted in 2012 and 2018. Based on Musk’s current holdings of about 170.5

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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. Studies conducted in other countries, such as China and Singapore, have arrived at similar results.