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Tsinghua Researchers Find that Sugarcane Juice is a Good Fermentation Feedstock for Algal Biodiesel

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Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have shown that sugarcane juice is a good feedstock for biodiesel production, when used to support the growth of the alga Chlorella protothecoides by heterotrophic fermentation. This new study investigated further improvements in algal oil yield, while minimizing the cost of fermentation.

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Domestic Tesla Model Y dominates the German EV market

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Two other newcomer BEVs were visible, the Nio ET7 sedan (8 units), and the Ora Funky Cat hatchback (5 units), both already well established in their home market of China. Nevertheless, plugins are still relatively attractive from a long term cost of ownership perspective, compared to ICE.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

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In the coming decade, battery prices will go down, whereas the cost of petrol will keep going up. They are selling electric cars in Europe, the US, and China in large numbers. Whether you like China or not, that is the reality. By 2030, you can expect battery packs to last 2 million km. ​ These are the real facts.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2:54 PM Anonymous said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Opinion: Stop Subsidizing Electric Vehicle Programs

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Your author would argue that the juice simply isn’t worth the squeeze. Meanwhile, it could be argued that the United States has burdened taxpayers by having them front the cost of all of the above while the financial benefits remain private. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in the release.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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The two key issues were: Reductions in Emissions—agreeing how much CO 2 and GHGs each developed country should be allowed to produce and how much major developing countries, such as China and India, should aim at reducing the growth in their emissions; and. China recently surpassed the US as the world’s biggest producer of GHGs.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator.

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