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...Going forward, the federal government has ordered that only Euro-V standard fuels can be imported. Elsewhere, banks have announced policies to end financing for coal-powered plants....
...Some hope a bigger fillip to Britain Inc will come from lower oil prices, but that is a vain hope....
...Last year was exceptional for Europe Inc in terms of growth, profitability and business expectations....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...The second is that the industry as a consequence has long depended on auxiliary services — such as insurance, fuel surcharging and catching customers out on T&Cs — for profitability....
...Much of Aerojet’s argument focuses on the fact that the AR1 will use kerosene, the same fuel that powers the RD-180, which it said would make it possible to fit to the existing Atlas V rocket....
...According to user data, drivers of the 2004 (Mark V) model Golfs have experienced fuel consumption broadly on a par with the official figures....
.... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ben Hall, world news editor, picks: • Isis Inc: how oil fuels jihadi terrorists by Erika Solomon, Guy Chazan and Sam Jones• Why China’s ‘migrant miracle’ is...
...“On a cost-efficiency formula, we consider that 220 knots is the optimum – more than that uses much more fuel,” he says....
...Talking over breakfast in a New York hotel, he still looks like the archetypal tech entrepreneur: focused and somewhat intense, wearing a black polo shirt and charcoal V-neck....
...That is Act V, and we are not there yet. For now we are still very definitely in the age of hydrocarbons....
...(FT) Journalism v Silicon Valley The media has lost control of production and distribution to the opaque algorithms of Google and Facebook....
...The mechanical simplicity of some parts of new engines and their greater fuel efficiency provide simultaneously better and cheaper performance....
...What more powerful fuel do you need?...
...Although there are branded fuels such as Total’s Excellium and Royal Dutch Shell’s V-Power, no one is ever going to wait in line for hours to buy the new product....
...The Swindon plant is also due to produce a small 1.6 litre diesel engine, a crucial offering in Europe as its rivals offer more fuel-efficient cars....
...On another front, United Bunkering & Trading, a Hong Kong-based supplier of bunker fuel – as ships’ fuel is known – has asked a US federal judge to seize a GCL vessel in port so that it can recover money...
...Sounds like fuel for the ECB’s-own-rating-agency-fire....
...In the event, Nasa detected a potentially catastrophic rise in temperature and pressure in Eagle’s descent-stage fuel lines within a minute of the Apollo 11 touchdown....
...As the ABS version weighs a truck-like 395kg even before filling the vast, six-gallon, 300-mile fuel tank, some degree of forward thinking is required – like not nosing into a kerb....
...The two companies benefited from sharp declines in fuel costs, which helped the airlines offset falling ticket prices....
...But where Japanese bike makers have also aped Harleys by using V-twin motors, Triumph has given itself a unique selling point with a parallel twin engine....
...But more work on carbon capture could allow clean use of the fossil fuel. Another option is for the country to remain on its knees: recessions are the tree-huggers’ friend....
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