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IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

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Since the IEA’s last Electricity Market Report in December 2020, extreme cold, heat and drought have caused serious strains and disruptions to electricity systems across the globe in countries ranging from the United States and Mexico to China and Iraq.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group set a new export sales record in December with 11,000 cars being exported during the month, which also helped the company increase its export sales over the course of 2012 by 164%.

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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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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. Casualties calculated include Army soldiers and civilians killed or wounded while transporting fuel or drinking water to consuming units and forward operating bases in theater.

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Average Carbon Intensity of crude to California refineries in 2012 down very slightly from 2010 baseline

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The greatest volume of crude in 2012 came from Alaska (75,026,823 barrels, with a carbon intensity of 12.81), followed by 57,829,491 barrels of Basra Light from Iraq (CI 12.08) and 49,600,000 barrels from Saudi Arabia (Arab Light, with a CI of 6.75). Ecuador’s Oriente was in fourth place with 34,975,946 barrels and a CI of 9.34.

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Opinion: How Much Longer Can OPEC Hold Out?

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Much like Venezuela, Nigeria needs international crude prices to be in the range of $90- $100 a barrel which is not possible unless OPEC reduces its supply. Iraq’s Issues. After Saudi Arabia, Iraq is the biggest crude oil producer in OPEC. It also has the fifth largest proven crude oil reserves in the world.

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The Oil War Is Only Just Getting Started

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Those two main factors are largely neutralizing each other, and are putting a floor and a cap to a price range of between $50 and $60. In BP’s definition of low-cost producers, the majority of the lowest-cost resources sit in large, conventional onshore oilfields, particularly in the Middle East and Russia.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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In the summer of 2022, we spent two weeks with Frucci at OSU’s explosives range, which has more than 50 types of unexploded ordnance. The first big test of our technology was in 2022 in Budapest at a Hungarian Explosive Ordnance Disposal test range. Maybe we’ll eventually have separate models for places such as Angola, Iraq, and Laos.

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