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

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Source: Eni World Oil Review 2019. The US also broke into the international crude trade, doubling export volumes and entering that top ten ranking. The surplus in the Middle East is slightly up, due to the year-end increases of big producers (Saudi Arabia, Iraq and U.A.E.). WTI, the US light crude, covers 60% of global growth.

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IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

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Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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average economic growth rate between 2000 and 2019, continuously expanding domestic gas production, attracting investors, and enhancing knowledge and technologies exchange. As a holder of the fourth-largest volume of gas reserves worldwide, Turkmenistan has been unlocking the potential of natural gas, leading to an 11.5%

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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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Reintroducing commercial supersonic transport (SST) aircraft into the global aviation fleet could have significant noise and climate impacts by 2035, according to a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). This equals about one-fifth of a proportional carbon budget afforded international aviation under a 1.5

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

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Take, for example, this case described by a Marine who served in Iraq: My team once had a robot that was obnoxious. government is spending staggering sums to advance these technologies: For fiscal year 2019, the U.S. It would frequently accelerate for no reason, steer whichever way it wanted, stop, etc.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

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Adventures with public transport to EXPO 2020 Dubai Since my return in 2019, I’ve become an “ inspiring speaker ,” and in 2022, I received an invitation to speak at EXPO 2020 in Dubai. Booking train tickets for international trips is not always easy.