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...When a truck driver is not eating rice, he's eating diesel.' ZHANG YANCHAO, Chinese truck driver, on inhaling exhaust fumes while waiting in long lines to fill up amid chronic fuel shortages...
...When a truck driver is not eating rice, he's eating diesel...
...Some of those changes are elementary - producers shouldn't just recycle, they should aim to buy recycled paper the first time around. Instead of using polluting diesel generators on the set, filmmakers could buy ones that run on less-carbon intensive biodiesel - which, Begley points out, has the additional benefit of "smelling like French fries instead of diesel gas." But some of Begley's suggestions would seem to challenge the star system of at the heart of the Hollywood galaxy. Why, he asks, should we reserve singe cars for celebrities? "Load it up," exhorts Begley. "Get some grips and electricians...
...whole problem. It’s not like we can go out and start buying Hummers,” said study co-author and materials science professor Michael J. Aziz. Rather, House suggests a comprehensive plan that involves utilizing electrochemical weathering, increasing energy conservation, improving renewable energy, using bio-diesel fuel in automobiles, and injecting carbon into geological formations. According to House, venture capitalists and other researchers have expressed interest in the project, but public funding may be hard to come by because of the government’s hesitancy to engineer the environment. Significant concerns remain over the cost...
...biggest refiner, state-owned China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., known as Sinopec, to increase output and imports of oil products. Sinopec said Wednesday it will run its refineries at full capacity in November, bearing "heavy losses" to guarantee market supply. It will also halt all exports of gasoline and diesel for the time being. As in the past, however, any losses will likely be covered by billions of dollars in government subsidies...