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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Cars That Think

record levels , mostly because of the coal, oil, and natural gas that gets burned for electricity, heat, and transportation. In 1991, when Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines, it created a haze of particles so dense that it temporarily cooled the planet by. The reality is that the planet is warming at an alarming rate.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. Earlier post.)

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

VinFast is looking to enter regional markets, such as India, where it broke ground on an integrated EV manufacturing plant in February 2024 , and the Philippines. billion to 2032 to start local manufacturing of electric, hybrid and hydrogen cars. In 2024, Hyundai announced investments of USD 1.1