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Junkyard Find: 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit 4-Door

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The closest I'd come was a '77 two-door in Denver , but then I hit pay dirt in a Northern California yard last week. The factory idiot lights must have been insufficient for one of this car's early owners, because these aftermarket gauges have been installed. Behold the November 1974 date of manufacture on the build sticker!

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Small modular reactor company Gen4 Energy will not pursue DOE SMR Licensing funding

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Gen4 Energy, based in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 2007, and is working in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory, under the DOE Technology Transfer program, to develop an advanced design nuclear reactor referred to as the Gen4 Module (G4M). Earlier post.).

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Hydraulic Hybrid Systems and EMI Partner to Target Fleet Retrofit Market; First Retrofit Underway

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This system is designed and engineered to be installed in fourteen hours, including all controls and wiring harness, by a certified installer. The first conversion of the partnership is already underway, a MY 2002 CNG Chevrolet HD 2500 provided by Denver International Airport. The truck is used for runway checks and plowing.

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Junkyard Find: 1986 Subaru BRAT GL

The Truth About Cars

Today's Junkyard Find is a second-generation BRAT, found in a self-service yard between Denver and Cheyenne. In order to evade the 25 percent Chicken Tax on imported light trucks, Subaru installed carpeting and jump seats in the beds of 1978-1985 BRATs sold here. This oil-change sticker shows that it was still in Pennsylvania in 1993.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The largest PV installation in Georgia. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. An additional manual charging station would be installed at Operations Base. Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000.

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Guerrilla charging: theft or public service?

Plugs and Cars

And he is taunting the authorities in Denver to fine the owner of the Tesla he found plugged in at the airport. And he points out one place where public charging solutions will be easier and cheaper to install than I first thought. Dave inadvertently does point us toward a good policy as public infrastructure is installed this year.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

Creative Greenius

The Pacific Coast Termite grant also funded an environmentally friendly XT-2000 Orange Oil termite treatment for the greenhouse. ECHS Science teacher explains the aquaponics system inside the greenhouse to visitors (Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia). Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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