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Sasol and Origin Energy form JV for coal bed methane exploration in Botswana

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Sasol recently signed a joint venture agreement with Australia-based Origin Energy Limited for the purposes of exploring for coal bed methane (CBM) in Botswana. The partners say that discovery of large volumes of CBM in Botswana could be used to generate power and liquid fuels in southern Africa.

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The Grand Tour's "One for the Road," Retiring a Trio

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The prompt is simple - drive from the beautiful eastern coast of Zimbabwe across the country to the more industrial and desert-adjacent western border with Botswana. The episode is staged in 15- to 20-minute blocks, as at an hour and 30 minutes the group are nearing the western side of Zimbabwe and its ruinous coal mining activities.

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UMTRI study shows wide global variability in GHG emissions from operating an EV

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L/100 km) for a BEV; on the other extreme are Botswana and Gibraltar (which generate 100% of their electricity from coal and oil), each with 29.0 For example, Albania (which generates 100% of its electricity from hydroelectric power) would have an average 5,100.0 MPG ghg (0.05 MPG ghg (8.1 The corresponding value for the US is 55.4

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