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Bad News: Record Oil Imports into China in 2023

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In 2023, 25% of auto sales in China were sales of full electric vehicles. continued] The post Bad News: Record Oil Imports into China in 2023 appeared first on CleanTechnica. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting EV revolution.

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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The True Cause of Recessions: OIL. I was asked to speak about the economic impact of our oil dependency and so I began researching this topic to see if I could draw some insightful conclusions. All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Skalny, Director, US Army TARDEC shared the following insights on fuel usage within the Department of Defense (DOD): Every $10/barrel increase in oil prices adds $1.3 The operations in Kuwait and Iraq use approximately 431 million gallons of fuel per year. billion/year to the DOD’s fuel bill. —Bill Cooke.

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