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Study finds global oil demand likely to grow despite pandemic, climate policies

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Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies analyzed four scenarios to understand how COVID-19 and other political, economic, social and technological drivers may impact transportation activity and global oil demand.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

In our always-on, sensor-laden, Internet-connected world, shouldn't technology have done better? And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University.

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NSF Awards NCSU Team $2M For Research on Deriving Drop-in Renewable Hydrocarbon Fuels from Algae

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Next, the necessary technology and protocols to grow the algae and extract the fatty acids will need to be fine-tuned. Our goal is to optimize this technology so that it is cost-competitive, renewable, can be produced domestically and is environmentally friendly. —Dr. Dunaliella. Source: Texas A&M. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Billion vs. $28.3

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

and San Diego, a combination of green consciousness and enthusiasm for new technology seems to be stirring public interest in the cars. No one wants to be left behind,” said Richard Lowenthal, chief executive of Coulomb Technologies. In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Such issues are being hashed out here first.