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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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in 2019 based on preliminary energy and economic data. Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. The drop in coal generation reduced emissions by 190 million metric tons in 2019.

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Mazda Says Turbocharged Miata Best Left for Tuners

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The value that we get out of [the Miata] being so incredibly light is something that you [would] lose." The 26 horsepower [after 2019] was just what happens when you extend the power band up to that redline; it was never even mentioned in any of the planning or documents internally. There’s truth to those words.

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U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

Cars That Think

Had the company gone through with its intention to sell mercury propellant thrusters to some of the companies building massive satellite constellations over the coming decade, it would have resulted in Earth’s upper atmosphere being laced with mercury. And it’s cheap—there’s not a lot of competition with anyone looking to buy mercury.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment.

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I drove the new Tesla Model 3, here’s what got better

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The first Tesla I ever drove was a Model 3 back in 2019 when I first started writing for Teslarati. I flashed my lights at him to get over, which he did. There was not very much creaking or movement from these parts , which can sometimes be cheap and seem like an inferior quality. Driving It is fun to drive an electric car.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

It comes upon us when we have barely started ripping out our gas boilers to make way for the expensive and inefficient heat pumps the Government is telling us to buy, or building the costly new power stations that will be needed to charge the electric cars we will all soon require. So that leaves gas with the task of keeping the lights on.

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Kia Soul EV review: the cheap electric car Australia missed out on

EV Central

We bleated away like blind sheep, buying Ford EcoSports at twice the rate we did Souls in 2019, the last year it was sold in Australia. Build quality’s excellent, and you score LED lights everywhere (boomerang-shaped at rear), leather heated seats, 10.25-inch

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