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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

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The Commandant of the Marine Crops, General Conway said it best during the Marine Corps energy summit a few weeks ago when he described the fully burdened cost of a gallon of gasoline delivered to a piece of equipment in Afghanistan. The Navy is already doing this at China Lake, where on-base systems generate 20 times the load of the base.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Only 22% remains to power the vehicle. How did the high fuel prices impact customer behavior in 2008? A $1 change in gas prices can lead to a 4-6% shift in take rates (i.e. Honda is still interpreting the data but they believe the user’s externally powered legs are acted like a second heart, helping pump blood.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

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But for the most part, the price is right: China’s DJI Mavic 3 , used by both Russia and Ukraine for surveillance and for delivering bombs, goes for around $2,000. You can get 55,000 of them for the price of a single F-35. But a technologically powerful country needn’t count the cost; the United States certainly didn’t. “We

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