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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

Green Car Congress

This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies. l/100 km) in 2040, compared to about 25 mpg (9.4

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Energizing America

Plug In Partners

As a practical matter that means enriching with wealth transfers those who are the principal financiers of Islamofascist terror — notably, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Yet, our transportation sector remains reliant upon oil — sixty percent of it imported — for the gasoline and diesel fuel on which it runs almost exclusively.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.