Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Going forward, the aim is to build our new vehicles with 50 percent secondary raw materials. This means that, after reconditioning, aluminum waste can be reused to manufacture the same components. Sourcing aluminum produced using solar power for our in-house component production lowers our CO 2 emissions significantly.

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Light BMW Guinea Solar 243

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Click to enlarge.

Waste 260

Waste Gas Equatorial Guinea Gas-Electric 260

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

Bartis and RAND colleague Lawrence van Bibbe were the authors of a 2011 RAND report concluding that if the US military increased its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there would be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces.

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Oil-Sands Price Turkey Fuel 225