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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

Swapping all that diesel and jet fuel with batteries and biofuels won't be easy. The larger commercial vehicles — such as Class 8 trucks — are more difficult to electrify due to a lack of models from manufacturers and a higher price tag than their diesel equivalent. That fuel also accounts for 6 percent of its annual operating budget.

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A Look at the Oil Industry’s Favorite Climate Solutions

DeSmogBlog

Tags: carbon capture natural gas carbon tax biofuels ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) Imperial Oil Covering Climate Now Another popular strategy for the industry is to push certain climate “solutions” — often with slick advertising campaigns — that sound good in theory but are not viable in practice.

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The Maintenance Needs Of Biodiesel

The Environmental Blog

Instead, it is often blended with diesel and tagged based on the amount of diesel it’s mixed with. Using Biofuels. Though it had a slow start, Edmunds found that its production has risen from 25 million gallons in 2005 to 1.7 billion gallons in 2013. Biodiesel is rarely used in its pure form. Here is an article to help you out.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral

DeSmogBlog

but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand. In late 2017, Shell sponsored Swan and his son, Barney, to travel to the South Pole and promote its “renewable” biofuels, with Shell distributing the campaign widely on social media. This was also not the first time that Campbell had partnered with Shell.

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? Big oil’s big CCS play #158

Climate Tech VC

The majority of Denbury’s revenue comes from EOR, which involves injecting CO2 into the ground in order to extend the life of oil fields, and ~60% of the price tag likely covered the value of Denbury’s oil production rather than the CCS infrastructure. Have a great week ahead!

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How to build a green hydrogen refinery for the maritime industry in Rotterdam

Mr. Sustainability

Given a lifetime of 10 years for an electrolyzer, a price tag of €632 per kW and a production of 0.5 Neste is focused on biofuels and allegedly produces the most sustainable amount of biofuels. That leaves us with one question: how high an impact do these CAPEX investments have on the fuel costs? How much would the fuel cost?

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How to build a green hydrogen refinery for the maritime industry in Rotterdam

Mr. Sustainability

Given a lifetime of 10 years for an electrolyzer, a price tag of €632 per kW and a production of 0.5 Neste Neste is focused on biofuels and allegedly produces the most sustainable amount of biofuels. That leaves us with one question: how much would that be of the fuel costs be with these CAPEX investments? Read more here ??