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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

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Even though memories of the gas lines and fuel rationing of 1979 were still vivid by 1987, oil prices crashed hard during the middle 1980s, hitting bottom in 1986. liter Suzuki three-cylinder engine, rated at 49 horsepower. It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas.

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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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The company aims to transform the chemical industry through the cost-advantaged, smaller-footprint production of bio-based chemicals as direct replacements for major industrial chemicals that are currently petroleum-based in a trillion-dollar global market. Genomatica expects to begin commercial production of Bio-BDO in 2012.

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