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Eni report: global oil reserves and oil production up in 2018 due to US

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Eni has released the 18 th edition of the World Oil, Gas and Renewables Review , the annual statistics report on oil, natural gas and renewables sources. In 2018, global oil reserves rose slightly (+0.4%), mainly due to growth in the US. 2018 recorded an overall growth in oil production of 2.5 also rose in Brazil and Norway.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Total consumption (millions of gallons).

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Great Britain and the United States show the same pattern of recent changes in vehicle distance traveled

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The years examined were 1993 through 2018. statistics segment road vehicles differently, the data are for all road vehicles. (I I documented recent changes in distance traveled per person for cars and light trucks in the United States in a study published last month.). Office for National Statistics (populations).

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Those who flew in 2020 had twice the environmental impact of those in 2019

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Until recently, the energy intensity of domestic flying was higher than the energy intensity of driving light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks). However, the energy intensity of flying became lower than that of long-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 1995, and of short-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 2005. (A

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Flying declined substantially more than driving during the current pandemic

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The raw data for the analysis came from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles flown on all scheduled domestic flights) and the Federal Highway Administration (vehicle miles traveled). The results are shown in the table below. Two caveats are in order.

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IHS: average age of light vehicles in US rises slightly in 2015 to 11.5 years; length of new vehicle ownership hits record high

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The combined average age of all light vehicles on the road in the US has climbed slightly to 11.5 Registrations for light VIO in the US also reached a record level of 257,900,000—an increase of more than 5.3 Average age for both passenger cars and light trucks increased just slightly in 2015, and both now stand at 11.5

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Monash team proposes roadmap to renewable ammonia economy; 3 generations of technology

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Ammonia economy roadmap showing current and projected contributions of current and Gen 1 (purple), Gen 2 (light blue), and Gen 3 (green) ammonia production technologies. annual increase over the next three decades), and global fuels consumption (solid gray, 2018 value taken from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy).

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