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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

Green Car Congress

The transition in Europe to hybrid natural gas pricing models (which take European spot hub prices into account) also has pressured natural gas pricing. Russia already has extensive and close ties with Iran and Venezuela, and is now laying the basis for such ties with Iraq. Live by Energy…. Natural gas data from Gazprom).

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LiquidPiston receives $8.2M award to integrate XTS-210 heavy-fueled rotary engine into compact 10 kW genset for US Army

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LiquidPiston, a developer of efficient engine technology and hybrid power systems, has been awarded an $8.3-million The authors demonstrated the methodology based on historical data from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For Iraq, the fuel casualty factor was 0.026.

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US Military going green

Green Cars News

The desert base acts as a house for the Army’s premier training centre for troops that will be deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars are consuming more fuel than any other wars in US history and so it’s understandable that officials are now reducing their consumption and embracing energy alternatives.

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Shill for a Withering Lie

Plugs and Cars

No, I'm not referring to John McCain or the other remaining defenders of the Iraq adventure, predicated on so many lies. I'm speaking about Mark Phelan, columnist for the Detroit Free Press. You see Phelan was in North Carolina recently to test drive the new Toyota Tundra. 15 miles per gallon, thank you very much.

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IHS CERA meta-analysis finds lifecycle GHG emissions for fuel produced solely from oil sands crude average 11% higher than from average crude refined in the US; high variability

Green Car Congress

Although crudes derived from the Canadian oil sands are more carbon-intensive than the average oil refined in the United States, they are within the range of some other crude oils produced, imported, or refined in the United States, including crudes from Venezuela, Nigeria, Iraq, and California heavy oil production, according to the report.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

Alternative technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles that use oil more efficiently or not at all, continue to advance but they take time to penetrate markets. The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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