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Dark Matter Data Saved Via Parachute

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What saved the day was two data recovery systems (whose specs the researchers recently published ) that earlier in the day had already parachuted down to the Patagonia region of Argentina, rescuing more than 200 gigabytes of SuperBIT observations. It’s a bit like studying the wind,” Massey explains.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral.

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

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This is due to the assumption that penetration will be slower for road freight, air, and water transport because of the presently low energy densities of non-liquid substitutes such as electricity. 2030 in private passenger land transport, but of little importance in other sectors until the end of the century.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. Ecotricity, which supplies electricity to the two main charging infrastructures in New Zealand, provide 100% renewable and carbon zero certified electricity – generated solely from wind, hydro and solar sources.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. Ecotricity, which supplies electricity to the two main charging infrastructures in New Zealand, provide 100% renewable and carbon zero certified electricity – generated solely from wind, hydro and solar sources.