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Sasol, Toyota build South African green hydrogen project

Bloomberg Sasol plans to develop the use of green hydrogen by fuel cell vehicles on a major South African freight route as the company examines ways to lower its own emissions. Along with partner Toyota Motor Corp, it intends to develop a pilot project — using a key highway such as the N3 running between Durban and Johannesburg — for ...

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The pandemic will be more deadly this year

Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what’s happening in India. Cases have been surging in the country of 1.37 billion people. 261,500 new infections were recorded. That’s as bad as the US during all but the worst five days of the pandemic in December ...

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Digital currency to fight data overlords

From e-commerce firms and payment processors to governments, everyone with half a server and an algorithm wants our data. So it’s a pleasant surprise to see at least one central bank expressly rejecting the idea of sweeping up personal information in designing its electronic cash. The European Central Bank (ECB) “has no interest in monetising or even collecting users’ payment ...

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