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Rio Tinto Produces Metals Critical to the rEVolution

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At a local level, Queensland is encouraging miners to prepare for the time when coal is no longer their main product. But there is also a lot of movement on the international stage. Australian miners are global companies that are leading the search for critical minerals and materials to enable the green industrial revolution.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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The international geothermal power industry is poised to place between 500 and 1,000 MW on line per year for the rest of the decade, said GEA. In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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

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In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. Historical scenario. (A)

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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These cars and trucks have internal combustion engines that are extremely inefficient. Fossil fuel production is an incredibly dirty inefficient process from start to finish. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources. In India 39.1%

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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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Liquid fuels production (OPEC crude and lease condensate, non-OPEC crude and lease condensate, and other) and consumption (by OECD and non-OECD regions) under three price cases in 2040. The Middle East OPEC member countries alone account for 90% of the total growth in projected OPEC crude and lease condensate production. Source: EIA.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The International Energy Agency, for example, now considers 4°C and 6°C scenarios as well as 2°C in their latest analysis. Emerging markets’ previous trends on carbon emissions reductions linked to growth and productivity have stalled, and their total emissions grew by 7.4%. Catch-up with US productivity levels (at varying rates).