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Mixing crumb rubber from recycled tires with bitumen halves rate of sun damage to roads

Green Car Congress

Researchers at RMIT University in Australia collaborated with Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) to discover the ideal blend that is both UV-resistant and withstands traffic loads, with the potential to save governments millions on road maintenance annually. —Filippo Giustozzi. to a medium of 15% and a high of 22.5%.

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Australia CSIRO and India CSIR launch A$6M partnership on dimethyl ether

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The project is being jointly funded by the Australian and Indian governments, through the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund ( AISRF ) as one of the latest Grand Challenge winners. Both Australia and India are currently unable to meet demand for petroleum products with domestic production alone. Australia DME Fuels India'

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Chile’s lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert – ET Auto

Baua Electric

As night falls in Chile’s Atacama desert , the world’s driest, a drilling machine extracts brine to measure levels of lithium — a crucial mineral for the global switch to cleaner energy, but harmful in its own way. “They are not mines, they are ecosystems,” she said.

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Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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All of humankind needs energy that is reliable, cleaner and more affordable. GCEP, founded 11 years ago, supports research not only at Stanford, but also at universities around the world. About 40% of the awards have gone to non-Stanford researchers at 39 institutions in the United States, Australia, China, Japan and Europe.

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Australian Cam-Drive Gasoline Engine Reaches 39.5% Efficiency in Independent Testing; Potential for Production Engine in China

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Australia-based Revetec is designing what it calls the Controlled Combustion Engine (CCE)—a cam-drive gasoline spark-ignited internal combustion engine that is smaller, lighter, cleaner, less expensive to manufacture and that produces higher torque due to higher mechanical transfer than equivalent conventional engines.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Social Media Lithium FUD When it comes to Lithium Mining, The FUD - Fear Uncertainty and Doubt propagated by Random Youtubers, WhatsApp university and Oil funded media is so easy to debunk, it’s not even funny. Also EV’s have another advantage, as the grid gets cleaner your EV will emit less and less emissions.

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Australian company boosts engine efficiency

Green Cars News

Now Australia based company Revetec has designed what it calls the Controlled Combustion Engine. The engine is a cam drive, spark-ignited internal combustion engine that is smaller, lighter, less expensive and cleaner to manufacture - it also produces higher torque thanks to higher mechanical transfer than equivalent conventional engines.

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