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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Oil sands comprise clay, sand, water, and bitumen. Dilbit is also processed to remove sand, water, and other impurities.

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GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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The production of synthetic fuels from carbon dioxide (and/or water) has been widely studied and can be efficient. An upper limit to the electrical cost to drive C2CNT electrolysis is $70 based on Texas wind power costs, but will be lower with fuel expenses when oxy-fuel plant energy improvements are taken account.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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Being built at a new Gigafactory in Austin Texas, first US Cybertruck deliveries are scheduled for production late in 2023, having been delayed on multiple occasions. As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. Will it come to Australia?

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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We lost our rudder.and we’re taking on water fast.” which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. Forensic speaker comparison is primarily investigative. At 6:36 a.m., on 3 December 2020, the U.S

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Swiss company outlines methanol-to-gasoline option for Alaska North Slope gas to state legislature

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In January, ICIS reported that Eastman Chemical reached an agreement to sell a mothballed Texas methanol and ammonia plant to Pandora Methanol, a subsidiary of Janus Methanol. Two-step methanol and synthesis in water- and gas-cooled reactors operating along the optimum extraction route. NRC comparison of F-T and MTG.

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Study casting doubt on GHG benefits of corn stover ethanol draws sharp criticism by other researchers; Liska responds

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The lignin fraction is not accounted for in the main comparison between cellulosic and fossil fuels. They took another extreme position by ignoring the carbon savings associated with coproduct electricity in the conversion facility. … Liska et al. used a 5-10 year perspective. The problems with the scenario of Liska et al.