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California 2019 crude average carbon intensity up

Green Car Congress

Pursuant to section 95489(c)(3)(B) of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Regulation, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer has posted the final 2017 Crude Average Carbon Intensity calculation: 12.52 The three-year California Crude Average carbon intensity of 12.26 CI (gCO 2 e/MJ). Data: CARB. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. The Ability Hand contains six motors housed in a carbon fiber casing. Everything that we do has the patient in mind.".

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Average 2020 crude carbon intensity for California rose 7% to 13.41 gCO2e/MJ

Green Car Congress

Each year, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) posts the Annual Crude Average carbon intensity for crude oil delivered to California refineries. In 2020, although the volume of crude supplied to refineries dropped to 476,730,992 barrels from 584,313,143 the year before, the average carbon intensity (CI) rose to 13.41 gCO 2 e/MJ.

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