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The Geysers
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
is a
documentary film
which details
Cuba's
efforts to recover from the 1990s economic crisis known as the
Special Period
?
The Geysers
(pictured)
, north of
San Francisco, California
, is the largest
geothermal power
development in the world?
The
International Energy Agency
was founded in 1974 by the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) in the wake of the
1973 oil crisis
?
Indian Railways
has started to use
Jatropha oil
, blended with diesel fuel in various ratios, to power its
Diesel locomotives
?
The
South Wales Gas Pipeline
is the largest high pressure gas pipeline in the
United Kingdom
?
The
Presbyterian Church (USA)
was the first major religious denomination in the world to call on its followers to become
carbon neutral
?
There was partial
meltdown
at the
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
in 1979?
A
hybrid electric vehicle
achieves better
fuel economy
than a conventional vehicle without being hampered by the limited range of an
electric vehicle
?
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