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In fact, the oil and gas industry spent only $6.7 billion on “non-hydrocarbon technology” including ethanol, wind, and solar.
Wonk Room » Big Oil Releases Report Exposing Continued Refusal To Invest In Renewables 2009
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Development and adoption of battery-powered and other non-hydrocarbon fuels for cars
Almost half of all Japanese want to see “An Inconvenient Truth” 2008
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Mr. Park: On top of our mainstay business of building hydrocarbon facilities such as gas, refinery and petrochemical plants, we will further diversify into power, desalination, water treatment and steel mills with an aim to the ratio of non-hydrocarbon business versus sales to more than 30% by 2015 from the current 10%.
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Moreover, a sustained high oil price might actually create challenges for Russia as it would allow it to keep deferring the major structural changes to its non-hydrocarbon sector, especially manufacturing.
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Instead of talking about non-hydrocarbon energy sources, they stick with hydrocarbons as the energy solution.
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Other interesting results obtained by Natta in the field of macromolecular chemistry concern the synthesis of crystalline alternating copolymers of different couples of monomers and the synthesis of various sterically ordered polymers of non-hydrocarbon monomers.
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Weak credit also means that a pronounced recovery in non-hydrocarbon sector growth appears unlikely at this stage.
unknown title 2011
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Implementation of the non-hydrocarbon infrastructure projects "is vital for credit growth and a wider economic pick up," Malik said.
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But they are crying foul in their competition with an admittedly undersized non-hydrocarbon fuel-uranium.
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While reforms have moved forward at a measured pace, authorities remain committed to improving the domestic regulatory environment to invite foreign investment and foster non-hydrocarbon economic growth.
iToot Stream Somebody 2010
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