Vincentric included 23 diesel vehicles in its alternative fuel analysis which is just about every consumer and commercial diesel currently on sale in the United States.

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After the test on the public roads in Spain, the project is now entering a new phase with the focus on analysis of fuel consumption.

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Second, the analysis assumes DoD's fuel needs are relatively stable and predictable.

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's International Atomic Energy Agency asked Iran to explain the presence of particles of enrichment levels of up to 27%, found in an analysis of environmental samples taken in February at the Fordo fuel enrichment plant near the city of Qom.

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According to Bain analysis, this uninvested capital targeted for buyouts is sufficient to fuel three-and-a-half years of deal activity.

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Households have cut back on vehicle fuel over the past decade, but not on household gas, according to an analysis by the Office for National Statistics.

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"During the 1973 Arab oil embargo Brazil was importing almost 80 percent of its fuel supply, " notes Mr. Luft, director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.

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Mr Woolsey, who backed the Iraq war, is on the advisory board of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, which argues for subsidies to make cars more fuel-efficient and for plant-based alternatives to petrol.

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As the Sandy post-mortem analysis turns to talk of resiliency and hardening the electric grid, resources that do not depend on fuel at all deserve a place in the conversation.

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