Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the ninth warmest on record for February. Chart: February 2009 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies in degrees Celsius. Source: NOAA.
US Sales of Hybrids Down 29% in February 2009 Reported sales of light-duty hybrids in the US dropped 29% by volume in February year-on-year to 16,020 units. The decline in hybrids was less than the 41% decline in the overall light-duty vehicle market for the month.
US Sales of Hybrids Down 50% in November Monthly hybrid sales in November were the lowest since February 2006.
US Sales of Hybrids Down 6% in July 08 US sales of hybrids were down 6% in July 2008 year-on-year, for a new vehicle market share of 2.4% ofr the month.
Global Energy Consumption Up; Coal Fastest Growing Fuel The ongoing strength of world economic growth last year, despite financial market turmoil which began in August, continued to support global energy consumption. Although Growth in primary energy consumption slowed in 2007 compared to 2006, but at 2.4% it was still above the 10-year average for the fifth consecutive year, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy. Coal remained the fastest-growing fuel, but oil consumption grew slowly.
