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...Sugar makers insert small plastic spouts into the holes and connect the spouts to huge webs of plastic tubing that route the precious sap into large tanks. Many of these sugar bushes even have vacuum systems that suck the sap out of the trees to increase yield, along with oil-fueled furnaces and reverse osmosis filters that remove some water prior to boiling. The technology has changed dramatically, but in essence the process is virtually the same. Collect sap, reduce over heat...
...battle never came, of course. But al-Maliki has not seemed overly troubled by the fact that Mosul is effectively not under his control. It's been governance as usual for the Prime Minister, whose tangible political power essentially extends across a rump state that includes Baghdad and the oil-rich southern provinces of Iraq. On most days, al-Maliki appears content with that reality, and may remain so as long as the violence in Mosul continues to be contained to that city...
...cars to be scrapped rather than resold.) "There are significant environmental advantages and substantive benefits for the auto sector," says Benjamin Goldstein, a policy analyst for left-leaning think tank the Center for American Progress. "This goes right for the source of the problem, for vehicles sales and for oil...
...fleet would qualify, since the existing federal fuel-efficiency standard is 27.5 m.p.g. for cars. Given that it takes a lot of energy to make a car, junking an old one in favor of a brand-new vehicle that is only marginally more efficient would barely produce any overall oil savings. "This bill would pay to get new cars on the road," says Eli Hopson, the Washington representative for clean vehicles at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "But it's not helping to improve fuel efficiency...
...auto brands would qualify, foreign or domestic.) A 25% improvement would be enough to make buying a new car a good deal for the planet as well as Detroit. "If the public is going to subsidize these auto purchases, then the public should get a benefit through oil savings and a reduction in greenhouse gases," says Brian Siu, an energy policy analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council's air and energy program...