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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

Cars That Think

Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force.

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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

Baua Electric

By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change. High-temperature conventional thermochemical conversion approaches, including combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis, originally developed for fossil fuels, can now be applied to biomass feedstocks.

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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

Conversely, don't let the other side oversell things -- while reducing tailpipe emissions is a necessary step forward in fighting the negative effects of climate change, the production of the materials needed for electric and electrified vehicles has its own environmental toll. It's just not.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

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Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. You wrote a famous article in 2017, “ The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Prediction. “ Or, how far can a person throw a Frisbee?

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EV Standouts at the 2021 LA Auto Show

EV Match

Personally, I have been an EV driver for nearly a decade, and am the proud owner of a 2012 second generation Toyota RAV-4 EV, a trusty car that has been with me through many life experiences and of which fewer than 2,500 were produced (this makes me feel especially cool). Photo courtesty of dot.LA. What concept EV are you most excited about?

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IEEE Leaders Are Planning Now for 2050 and Beyond

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Expecting the future to be like the present overlooks weak signals of change and misses important potential signs for the future. It is critical that conversations around the future begin with IEEE leadership immediately and be expanded carefully and thoughtfully across the wider IEEE community.”

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

With the pandemic, with climate change issues coming to the forefront, with a change in Administration, there’s just incredible interest in EVs right now.” The Tucson Electric Vehicle Association in Arizona showcased conversions and self-built vehicles. DEED event on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.