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CoolPlanet BioFuels claims conversion yield of 4K gallons gasoline per acre biomass

Green Car Congress

CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered ( earlier post ), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

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A Waymo robotaxi hit a cyclist in San Francisco – here’s what happened

Baua Electric

According to the report, the Waymo vehicle was at a full stop at the four-way intersection of 17th and Mississippi in Potrero Hill, with a large truck turning into the intersection. But Google Earth shows that the intersection is relatively flat and wide with a bike lane – and that the accident happened in broad daylight, at around 3 p.m.