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Solar power could create fuel for carsAlbuquerque (UPI) Jul 2, 2010 Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could soon be used to create fuel to drive the word's cars and trucks, a U.S. researcher says. Solar-powered technology could be used to "photosynthesize" hydrocarbon fuels that present-day vehicles could run on without major modifications, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Solar reactors can take carbon dioxide and turn it into carbon monoxide and can also turn water into hydrogen and oxygen. The results can react with a catalyst to form hydroc ... read more |
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jul 2, 2010 L-3 Communications MAS in Canada and BAE Systems Australia have completed a fuselage upgrade on an unspecified number of older Australian air force F/A-18 Hornets. The work to extend the operational life of the aircraft to around 2020 involved replacing the center barrel unit, the main structural element to which the wings and undercarriage are attached. L-3 MAS and BAE Systems A ... more  
Sofia (AFP) July 2, 2010Bulgaria will not make its final decision on whether to join a Russian-backed oil pipeline to Greece until February 2011 at the earliest, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said Friday. "Bulgaria's ministry of the environment is currently reviewing the enviromental impact assessment for the project," state BTA news agency quoted Djankov as saying in parliament. "The ministry is... expected ... more 
Diyarbakir, Turkey (AFP) July 4, 2010Kurdish rebels waging a 26-year insurgency were suspected of being behind a blast in southeastern Turkey that hit a pipeline carrying oil from Iraq, a local security source said Sunday. The blast late Saturday ripped through a section of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline near Midyat, in Mardin province, sparking a fire, the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said. The blaze was put out ear ... more |
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Areva negotiating two more EPR reactors with China: CEOAix-En-Provence, France (AFP) July 2, 2010 French nuclear group Areva, which already building two third-generation European Pressurized Reactors (EPR) in China, is negotiating further reactors with Beijing, the company's CEO said Friday. "The EPR has been the biggest contract with China in euros. We are negotiating with the Chinese for further EPRs," chief executive Anna Lauvergeon said on the margins of a conference in Aix-en-Provence southern France. Areva and French partner EDF are building two of the reactors in southern China which ... read more |
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