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T&E study finds EU has replaced Russian oil barrel-for-barrel as continent fails to cut demand

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Since the EU imposed sanctions on Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, there has been a redrawing of the global oil map, a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. C carbon budget. Europe’s oil consumption is 2% higher than it was at the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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IIASA study proposes solid air hydrogen liquefaction as efficient addition to hydrogen liquefaction supply chain

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have further increased the interest of Europe and Western countries to invest in the hydrogen economy as an alternative to fossil fuels. The oxygen could be used to increase the efficiency of power generation with oxy-combustion and to facilitate the capture, use, and storage of carbon (CCUS).

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10 Graphs That Sum Up the State of AI in 2023

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Large language models don’t come cheap While the power of large language models, like ChatGPT , has increased dramatically, the price of training such models has increased dramatically as well. It concluded that a training run for even the most efficient of the four models considered, BLOOM , emitted more carbon than the average U.S.

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PBL Study Finds Developed Countries Proposals for Copenhagen Fall Short for Reaching 2 °C Climate Objective

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The report, “Pledges and Actions: A scenario analysis of mitigation costs and carbon market impacts for developed and developing countries”, explores the implications of different possible scenarios on the outcomes of the current climate negotiations. The global costs would be limited to 0.2% of GDP in 2020.

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