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UC Davis ITS researchers take a detailed look at water consumption and withdrawal requirements for ethanol

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Comparison with fossil fuels. Our water accounting system also considers different types of uses (consumptive, nonconsumptive, and withdrawal) and accounts for application losses, conveyance losses, water use of direct energy inputs throughout the life cycle, and coproduct credits. —Mishra and Yeh.

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Intel's Neuromorphic Chip Gets A Major Upgrade

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That, and a host of changes motivated by the past few years of experiments, make the Loihi 2 faster and more flexible, says Mike Davies director of Intel's neuromorphic computing lab. The results have been quite encouraging," says Davies. Software continues to hold back the field," says Davies.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Myth #2: Hydrogen gas is dangerous to store and use. One of the most common arguments heard when discussing the use of hydrogen is that, as a flammable gas, it is easily ignited and therefore far too dangerous to be stored either in refueling stations or within a pressure tank. Myth #5: FCEVs don’t have enough energy for long journeys.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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and UC-Davis Emeritus and Catherine JJ DeMauro. He holds more than 35 patents (12 of which belong to UC Davis), has published more than 100 papers, and is an internationally recognized subject matter expert. Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. by Professor Andrew Alfonso Frank. Table of Contents.

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NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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In comparison to automotive service, use in this application will entail relatively benign duty cycles, generally much less than one cycle per day with discharge durations of greater than one hour. These capabilities are expected to become even more valuable in future facilitation of higher penetrations of solar- and wind-based generation.

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