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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

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A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. But the cheapest cities for EVs were Atlanta, Chicago, and Cleveland, while the cheapest cities for gasoline cars were Houston and Dallas.

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New Review Concludes Very Low EROI of Oil Shale Combined with High Carbon Intensity Likely Makes it an Unsuitable Alternative to Conventional Crude Oil

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Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. If internal energy is excluded, and only purchased energy is used as input, then the EROI calculated is in the range of 2 to 16. Cleveland and O’Connor. Cleveland and O’Connor. Cleveland and O’Connor. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. the system boundary problem); and.

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Omar Yaghi to direct Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry

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Yaghi, who will also hold an appointment with the University of California (UC) Berkeley chemistry department, comes to Berkeley from UCLA, where he was the Jean Stone Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, among other positions. from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1990.

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Satellite-data derived study finds meeting renewable fuel targets is theoretically feasible, but would change significantly impact agriculture mix

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Roughly 80% of the current recovered harvest in the US would need to be re-allocated for the production of bioenergy crops to meet current renewable fuel targets with existing technology, according to a new study using satellite data led by researchers from the University of Montana. Cleveland, Sasha C. —Smith et al.

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Space station droplet combustion experiments reveal cool-burning flames; potential to lead to better engines

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The long durations of microgravity provided in the ISS enable the measurement of droplet and flame histories over an unprecedented range of conditions, enabling the discovery. The team was led by Forman Williams, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, San Diego. —Dietrich et al.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

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The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) rates the all-electric range (AER) at 33 miles. The regeneration on the Hornet R/T PHEV replenishes the battery when slowing or braking and is what contributed to that excellent range without using a drop of gasoline. Hybrid is the default mode to maximize efficiency and driving range.

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Artemis II Will Send Astronauts Around the Moon

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is recovering technical capabilities it lost two or three generations ago and is on track to returning astronauts to the moon,” says Bleddyn Bowen , associate professor at the University of Leicester, in England. “It and the electric propulsion thrusters are being tested in Cleveland. “It’s a demonstration that the U.S.

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