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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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In some locations, grid-scale peaking applications have already been implemented, often in old coal power plants, re-using the building and grid connections. To compete with brines, mineral deposits have had many advanced technologies applied to reduce costs. Demand Response: A Wild Ride. It aims to be at capacity in September.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

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More than 70% of all NGVs and one-half of all fuelling stations can be found in just five countries: Pakistan, Iran, Argentina, Brazil and India. Payback periods could be reduced significantly if the cost of conversion from gasoline to CNG could be reduced to the levels experienced in other parts of the world such as Europe.

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Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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Thus, in IDES, substitutes for conventional oil include NGLs; enhanced oil recovery (EOR); low-quality hydrocarbons such as bitumen and extra-heavy oil; coal-derived fuels (CTL); natural gas-derived fuels (GTL, CNG, LNG); biofuels; and electricity. Historical scenario. (A)

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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Oil is also shipped, the oceans are unregulated as regards emissions so ships use the cheapest dirtiest fuel possible to keep costs down, making them one of the largest pollution sources on the planet. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources.

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EIA projects world liquid fuels use to rise 38% by 2040, driven by growth in Asia and Middle East; transportation 92% of demand

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Other liquids refer to natural gas plant liquids (NGPL), biofuels (including biomass-to-liquids [BTL]), gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), kerogen (i.e., However, other countries, including Mexico, Russia, Argentina, and China, begin producing substantial volumes of tight oil between now and 2040.

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