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Soros signals Argentina’s shale is biggest place to be; doubles stake in YPF SA

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George Soros has doubled his stake in YPF SA, the state-owned oil company in Argentina, which sits atop some of the world’s largest shale oil and gas resources, and is about to get even larger following a new discovery over the last couple of weeks of a second key shale play. Earlier post.]. It now controls 3.5

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EIA: US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports decline 36% in 2014

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EIA attributed the decline mainly to uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the absence of a late-year influx of volumes from Argentina. The remaining volumes of regular biodiesel imports entered the United States primarily on the East Coast, mostly from Indonesia and Argentina.

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EIA: US biomass-based diesel imports increased to record levels in 2013; from net exporter to net importer

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The strongest driver of the resurgence in US biomass-based diesel demand was the increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) target. In addition, renewable diesel meets the same American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards as petroleum diesel, and is thus not subject to the blending limits imposed on biodiesel.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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Biodiesel exports from Argentina are also becoming problematic for the EU producers, EBB said. Differential Export Taxes (DET) maintain a large differential between an export tax on crude soybean oil of. EBB also urged rapid EU standardization of higher biodiesel blends. Argentine exports to the EU reached 850,000 tonnes.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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Lithium is a metal that is mined in the deserts of Australia, China, Argentina, and Chile. Support taxing of fossil fuels and using the subsidies to support the shift to Electric Vehicles, with the right incentives and political will change can happen very quickly. So what about the lithium used in EV batteries?

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

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And damned if California isn’t going to score like a horny Republican Governor on Viagra in Argentina. I then arrange for the right trained contractors to come and do that work and schedule the date with you after helping you navigate the different rebate and tax credit programs available to you.