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Shell Recharge massively expands with Volta acquisition

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The company is also one of many that have attempted to make charging as cheap as possible by selling “billboard space” on each of its chargers. This has most recently included Mercedes, who promised to bring 10,000 locations to North America , Europe, and Asia in the coming years. What do you think of the article?

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Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

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There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? And some less affluent countries in Africa and Asia are still determined to build more such stations. This article appears in the November 2022 print issue as “Hydropower, the Forgotten Renewable.”.

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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. But Tan reasoned that “if the company just manufactured the player, it would not make a lot of money,” according to a 2005 article in the Straits Times.

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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

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will be below 800,000 bpd, while exports to Asia will be around 3.5 His assessments are based on regional (OPEC) developments, as production of oil and gas in the so-called cheap oil regions is also under threat. The main focus of his work has been on geopolitical risks, terrorism, Link to original article: [link].

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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Related: Should Europe Be Concerned About Russia’s Growing Energy Relationship with Asia? ). Having that status would allow China cheap access to world capital markets and cheaper transaction costs on international trade, not to mention increased clout as an economic power commensurate with its rising proportion of world commerce.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. The figure has doubled since 2005.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. Remember its PURE D.C.

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