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President Obama announces nearly $4B public-private investment in energy upgrades to buildings; $2B government commitment

Green Car Congress

Under the ESPC program, new energy efficient equipment is installed at Federal facilities at no up-front cost to the government. The Presidential Memorandum calls for fully implementing existing federal authority to utilize Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) in order to promote energy efficiency and create new jobs.

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RCA’s Lucite Phantom Teleceiver Introduced the Idea of TV

Cars That Think

On 20 April 1939, David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Corporation of America, addressed a small crowd outside the RCA pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. Today we are on the eve of launching a new industry, based on imagination, on scientific research and accomplishment,” he proclaimed. That industry was television.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. Instead of opening the ceiling, they can look at installing transparent sheets, so that the trees can do the job of filtering the inside factory air! Latin America, Africa, Australia and US have all got proven Lithium reserves. Since then he has stayed with the same battery.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. There are about 600,000 GHE installations working in the U.S. alone; that number could be tripled in three years, and millions of homes and office buildings could install GHE systems over the next ten years. dealer network.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This “Total Transportation System&# is designed to keep America running when the OPEC countries start admitting empty wells, a certainty the date of which is a CIA secret, determined from space technologies ahead of OPEC themselves! but must be very prematurely soon, indicated by government prerogatives taken!

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