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Today, a large portion of #renewablefuels are made from hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids technology based on soybean and vegetable oil feedstocks. However, newer based alternatives may eventually become the more economically viable option. https://t.co/i6daVMXwAn pic.twitter.com/gKJbkSOTng— Boston Consulting Group (@BCG) May 7, 2022 … [Read more...] about New Technologies to Disrupt Traditional Renewable Fuels

Australia approves a drought-tolerant genetically modified strain of wheat for use in food https://t.co/P3RgRpRxNe— Bloomberg (@business) May 7, 2022 … [Read more...] about Australia approves a drought-tolerant genetically modified strain of wheat for use in food

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is pursuing two types of hypersonic weapons technologies: boost-glide systems that place a maneuverable glide vehicle atop a ballistic missile or rocket booster, and cruise missiles that would use high-speed, air-breathing engines known as scramjets to travel to hypersonic speeds. This In Focus addresses only the first of these … [Read more...] about The Pentagon’s FY2023 budget request for hypersonic-related research is $4.7 billion

As a whole, the Middle East and North Africa region’s economies grew by 5.8% in 2021. But inflation also surged to 14.8% and will remain high in 2022. See how this will affect commodity importers by reading our latest Regional Economic Outlook: https://t.co/1Qwtg2avql pic.twitter.com/uHyJwTqbgw— IMF (@IMFNews) May 4, 2022 … [Read more...] about Middle East and North Africa region’s economies grew by 5.8% in 2021

Job openings hit a record high March as businesses still struggle to find workers https://t.co/3u02UxE2TP— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) May 3, 2022 … [Read more...] about Job openings hit a record high March

Coal-powered electricity reached an all-time high in 2021 - here's what you need to know https://t.co/lZUK1FOLUN #CoalEnergy #GlobalWarming pic.twitter.com/3MFTNUWSdy— World Economic Forum (@wef) May 5, 2022 Higher coal prices are prompting Warrior Met Coal to restart development of an Alabama mine and pay out a special dividend to investors … [Read more...] about Coal-powered electricity reached an all-time high in 2021

The global demand for #semiconductor chips continues to rise—but this demand is not being met by #suppliers whose #operations have been disrupted by COVID-19.Discover how the implemen­ta­tion of cross-functional "control towers" could help: https://t.co/ygZZYePsad pic.twitter.com/kT8CZ2Z0y3— McKinsey & Company (@McKinsey) May 2, 2022 … [Read more...] about The global demand for semiconductor chips continues to rise but this demand is not being met

The global semiconductor industry is poised to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030.Today's #ChartOfTheDay shows that 70% of the growth could come from the automotive, data storage, and wireless industries. Read more here ⬇️ https://t.co/1wS5XE5FGr— McKinsey & Company (@McKinsey) April 22, 2022 … [Read more...] about The global semiconductor industry is poised to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030

China wants to produce its own hard-­tech companies in order to become less reliant on the hostile West. The efforts could redraw the country’s economic map https://t.co/l36gqDGGbc— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 17, 2022 … [Read more...] about China wants to produce its own hard-­tech companies in order to become less reliant on the hostile West

An embargo of Russian energy would see Russia's GDP completely collapse. Our baseline forecast has GDP fall -30% by end-2022 and does NOT yet put a 100% weight on an energy stop. This number would be MUCH worse in the event of an embargo, making war harder to sustain for Putin... pic.twitter.com/6ZMJceyjH9— Robin Brooks (@RobinBrooksIIF) March 26, 2022 … [Read more...] about Embargo of Russian energy would see Russia’s GDP completely collapse