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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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The first study to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of lifetime exposure to new technology diesel exhaust (NTDE)—i.e., exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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EVs: They Are Everywhere As we mentioned earlier EVs have a wide range of applications because EVs are much more flexible in case of design and configuration which gasoline vehicles cannot match. Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma. But the good news?

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Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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The level of propane that the scientists produced is currently one thousand times less than what would be needed to turn it into a commercial product, so they are now working on refining their newly designed synthetic process. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane. Kalim Akhtar & Patrik R.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs

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How do you convince someone who’s been driving diesel all their life to go electric if you have a fixed range and a weight compromise, and by the way, you have to pay double the cost? A lot of stuff is minimalized in our case, and also cleaner in how we produce the vehicles. There are infrastructure limitations as well.

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How to “Green” Your Car

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Things You Can Do Now To Make Your Ride More Eco-Friendly This article may contain affiliate links. A well-maintained engine runs happier and cleaner, emitting fewer pollutants into the air. This even goes for diesel-fueled vehicles. Is this actually possible? The initial cost of EVs , at least at this time, is very expensive.

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AI Plays Key Role in EV Charger Deployment and More

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For a much more detailed look at exactly how artificial intelligence is created and used in this capacity, you can check out this article in Towards Data Science by Obed Sims, which discusses the development of a computer model that indicates optimal locations for EV charging stations in Manchester. Planning tools. .”