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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. That 10 years is now only applicable for the Generation 3 made from 2010-2015, but at least there are options. One of our 2006s’ needed it changed but this fault is not usual. Code P0016.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Henn Tan holds up a ThumbDrive during an interview in Singapore in January 2006. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Tan did give Toshiba its music player.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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He served as chairman emeritus until 2006. At the time I wrote the article, I thought I was just showing a local trend,” he told IEEE Spectrum in 2015. So I wrote the article to try to get the point across: This is the way the industry is going to get things really cheap.”

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh 3 ] “Research and Markets; Asia Pacific Solar Photovoltaic Market Outlook to 2015 - China and Taiwan Leading the Demand.” Resources. [ 4 ] [link].

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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The AlixPartners study predicts a 13% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for small cars and a 7% CAGR for small crossover vehicles between now and 2015 in the US, as large cars, SUVs and pickups are expected to see a CAGR of just 2%, respectively, in that time. million in 2006. pickup sales for 2011 are estimated to reach only 1.7

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Gases: All 6 Kyoto gases. Sources: In 2012–electricity generators and large industrial sources.

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