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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. The prize recognizes promising projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or promote carbon uptake. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. Earlier post.).

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Piaggio Introduces Plug-in Hybrid Version of MP3 Scooter

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The Piaggio Group has introduced the MP3 Hybrid, a plug-in hybrid version of its MP3 three-wheeled scooter. With a grid-chargeable Li-ion battery pack, the Piaggio MP3 Hybrid reduces both fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by more than 50%. The MP3 hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Future of Electric Vehicles Industry

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Future of e-Rickshaws / Electric Rickshaws: E-rickshaws, also known as electric rickshaws, are a type of three-wheeled electric vehicle that is used for transportation in many cities in India and other countries.

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Piaggio launches plug-in hybrid scooter

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Though occasionally derided here in the UK, scooters retain vast appeal throughout Europe where the Piaggio Group has now introduced the MP3 Hybrid, a plug-in hybrid version of its MP3 three-wheeled scooter. There is also an ultra-quiet reverse mode, which can be used for parking or moving in and out of tight spaces.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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The Piaggio MP3 is a three wheeled maxi-scooter already being sold in the USA! Politics and Law EPA calls greenhouse gases a public threat The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rule that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are a cause of global warming and a threat to public welfare. America is too much into BIG.

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Stimulus Bill Provides Major Increase in Plug-in Vehicle Purchase Credit Program

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A credit is also available for each qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle placed in service—qualified being a four-wheel, on-road vehicle equipped with a grid-chargeable battery pack of at least 4 kWh capacity. The alternative motor vehicle credit is not allowed against the alternative minimum tax.

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