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Alberta publishes report assessing non-combustion uses for bitumen, opens $2M call for projects

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Alberta Innovates, in partnership with industry, government and other organizations, recently released the results of a study that investigates the best opportunities for “Bitumen Beyond Combustion” (BBC). The study focuses on four promising areas: Carbon fibers and products incorporating carbon fibers.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. In 1986, Mazda introduced the Mazda 626 Cappela model, which had a 2-liter diesel engine equipped with a Comprex wave rotor (from BBC) used as a supercharger. Norbert Müller. The Wave Disc Engine.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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According to one analysis by the research organization OpenAI, the computational resources required for cutting-edge AI projects is "increasing exponentially" and doubling about every 3.4 In a January 2020 interview with the BBC, Yoshua Bengio said that "AI's abilities were somewhat overhyped.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

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The truth is that by doing small things we can actually do a lot more and it's all up to all of us how to make our carbon foot print smaller. __. External resources: BBC NEWS - [link]. Maxpro Pedicabs - [link]

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Of Buying Green and Being Green Boehner: Calling Carbon Dioxide Dangerous Is ‘Almost Comical’ European Cities Commit to More Cycling Chinese Clean Coal Will Be Critical, a Report Says Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars About Green Inc. Follow the money.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The idea of self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide (CO{-2}) emissions to one-fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 ? Aren’t we just exchanging one nonrenewable resource for another? the biggest cuts anywhere in the world. Well and good.

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