Green Car Congress
MARCH 13, 2012
Researchers at the University of Alberta (Canada) have quantified the transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration. Oil sands mining and reclamation cause massive loss of peatland and stored carbon. —Rooney et al.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 8, 2022
Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 15, 2011
The Board of Directors of Marathon Oil Corporation has approved moving forward with plans to spin off Marathon’s downstream business, creating two independent energy companies. Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) will be a global upstream company based in Houston, Texas. Strengthened ability to attract and retain talent.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 15, 2009
The Coskata process can produce more than 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of dry, ash-free biomass material at a cost competitive with expected gasoline prices—around $1.00 Actual production cost will vary, either below or above $1.00 per gallon, based on the cost of feedstock and the cost of power for the specific plant, he noted.
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 18, 2022
The “wet” part of a DCT means it uses oil to improve lubrication and cooling. A “dry” DCT does not use oil, but is the more fuel efficient of the two types. Note: For our purposes here, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) does not have gears, so is not part of this comparison. The tail end is where things get interesting.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2017
As an additional cost of operation benefit, the new 2018 Tiguan runs on regular; its predecessor looked for premium.). By comparison, the 2017 Tiguan with 2.0L However, the rear wheels can be engaged in fractions of a second whenever necessary via the center differential, which is activated by an electro-hydraulic oil pump.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
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). That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. GM would only lease them.
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