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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

Cars That Think

So based on that, science was proposed in the 90s, maybe you could create a sort of cleaner, more intentional form of this kind of low atmospheric cloud cooling. Like the marine cloud brightening effort, I know that’s going on at the University of Washington and Xerox PARC, and they’ve got some cool on the ground experiments.

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Electric Cars and The Volt by Seth Leitman

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition. Since the Volt claimed to be some sort of plug-in hybrid, it is perfect topic of discussion for the book.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

Green Car Congress

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California.