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US Does Not Have Infrastructure To Consume More EthanolWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 05, 2011 The United States doesn't have the infrastructure to meet the federal mandate for renewable fuel use with ethanol but could meet the standard with significant increases in cellulosic and next-generation biofuels, according to a Purdue University study. Wally Tyner, the James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics, and co-authors Frank Dooley, a Purdue professor of agricultural economics, and Daniela Viteri, a former Purdue graduate student, used U.S. Department of Energy and Environ ... read more |
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  Top Chinese official in talks on Spain's economic woes Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang held talks with Spain's finance minister on Tuesday at the start of a visit focusing on economic issues, including the crisis in Spain, and business deals. ... more | .. |
  Cheap Chinese copies shrink India's silk sari industry For centuries, the stunning silk saris woven by hand in the holy city of Varanasi have been prized by Indian women, but an influx of cheap Chinese-made copies is destroying the local industry. ... more | .. |
  Iran Rejects Claims Of Delays Linking Bushehr Nuclear Plant To National Grid Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali- Akbar Salehi rejected claims that the launch of Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr would be delayed again and the plant's connection to national power g ... more | .. |
  "Nanoscoops" Could Spark New Gen Of Electric Automobile Batteries An entirely new type of nanomaterial developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries for electric automobiles, as ... more |
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  China's CNPC to invest in city hit by oil spill: report China National Petroleum Corp will invest in a northeastern port city hit by an oil spill last year at facilities it owned, averting paying direct compensation to local fishermen, state media said. ... more | .. |
 U.K. actions void accords, says Argentina British-banked oil exploration and military buildup on and near the Falkland Islands flouts bilateral agreements, which are now useless and void, Argentina said in the latest escalation of war of words over the South Atlantic territories. ... more | .. |
 New pipeline boosts Russia-China oil ties Russia, one of the world's largest oil exporters, has opened its first pipeline link to China. ... more | .. |
 Calif. leads way in energy-efficient bulbs California says its consumers will be the first in the nation to save money under a federal law raising the energy-efficiency standard of light bulbs. ... more |
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 China's police hugely underestimate road deaths: research Chinese and US health researchers have challenged commonly used police road accident statistics in China, after finding that the number of deaths was less than half those recorded by doctors. ... more | .. |
 Cleaning Up Nuclear-Contaminated Sites Faster And Cheaper Members of the engineering faculty at Oregon State University have invented a new type of radiation detection and measurement device that will be particularly useful for cleanup of sites with radioa ... more | .. |
  Impregnating Plastics With Carbon Dioxide Everyone has heard that carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming. But the gas also has some positive characteristics. Researchers are now impregnating plastics with compressed CO2 in a proce ... more | .. |
 China backs Spain to emerge from economic crisis China is confident Spain will recover from its economic crisis and will continue to buy Spanish government bonds despite market fears of an Irish-style debt bailout, a top Chinese official said Monday. ... more |
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 Walker's World: The year ahead Two predictions can be made with confidence about the global economy in the coming year: There will be another crisis for the euro and China's growth rate will be deliberately slowed by government and central bank officials worried by the social and political implications of inflation. ... more | .. |
 US lets some companies resume Gulf drilling Thirteen oil companies have been authorized to resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without submitting new plans for environmental review, the US Department of the Interior said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Macau gaming revenue hits record jackpot in 2010 Casinos in Macau cashed in a record 23.5 billion US dollars last year, according to official figures Monday which analysts said trumped the Las Vegas Strip by about four times. ... more | .. |
  Clariant resumes aircraft de-icer output after winter halt Swiss chemicals firm Clariant, one of the main suppliers of aircraft de-icing fluid in Europe, said on Monday that it was resuming production after a halt caused by shortage of a key ingredient. ... more |
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  French group in deal to boost Iraq power grid French group Schneider Electric has signed a contract with the local government in Basra to build eight electricity sub-stations in power-starved southern Iraq, an Iraqi official said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Another power outages threatens Moscow's main airport Weather-related power outages around Moscow threatened the operations Monday of Russia's busiest airport, which already experienced historic disruptions one week ago, news reports said. ... more | .. |
 Researchers Helping Electric-Wheelchair Users Move More Easily Thick gravel, mud, snow, steep ramps or hills . . . They might get a pedestrian a little dirty or out of breath, but to someone in an electric wheelchair, they could mean terrain that's simply too d ... more | .. |
 Algeria oil and gas revenues up 25 percent in 2010: minister Algeria saw oil and gas revenues rise 25 percent year-on-year in 2010 to 55.7 billion dollars (41.8 billion euros), Energy and Mines Minister Youcef Yousfi said Monday. ... more |
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 Venezuela prices up after new devaluation Consumer prices soared in Venezuela as the government of President Hugo Chavez devalued the bolivar and the currency fell further against the U.S. dollar on traditional unofficial markets. ... more | .. |
  Solis Partners Participates In Distributed Solar Summit 2010 New Jersey's rapid emergence as a leader in the solar industry is due to aggressive state incentives and policies that have resulted in an increase from 7.5 kilowatts of installed capacity in 2001 t ... more | .. |
 France 'confident' of winning Brazil plane contract France is confident of scooping a major contract to sell Rafale fighter planes to Brazil under its new president Dilma Rousseff, the French defence minister said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Australian floods to hurt production, growth: analysts Massive floods washing through northeast Australia, wiping out crops and swamping coal mines, are pushing up commodity prices and could shave national growth figures, economists said Tuesday. ... more |
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