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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Genomatica has entered into partnerships with several major companies including Tate & Lyle, M & G (a major European chemicals producer), Waste Management, and Mitsubishi Chemical to implement their technology at a commercial scale.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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Hyundai, Honda and—to a certain extent—Nissan and Suzuki, generally create positive Sustainable Value as well. The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge. In other words, the authors note, these companies use these resources more efficiently than their industry peers.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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In the report Asian car manufacturers including Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda, and to a lesser extent, Suzuki have all out-performed their North American competitors. But GM‘s value contributions from carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and sodium oxide emissions as well as waste generation are very negative during the period 1999 to 2007.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

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Incidentally, the Suzuki Dentsu Panasonic JV in Gujarat is working on Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) cells. One lateral thinking idea: If heat pumps become popular for water heating, then we can look at delivering the cold ‘waste’ air of the heat pump to the EV charging station area.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A 220 volt socket like on your water heater or dryer would be better, ad these typically have 40 or 50 amp circuits, so they can deliver 8,000 to 10,000 watts - is this what they mean? Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment. Saving lives through nuclear power. :p