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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

Cars That Think

Take, for example, this case described by a Marine who served in Iraq: My team once had a robot that was obnoxious. Center for a New American Security Among the most outspoken advocate of a roboticized military is Robert O. Work , who was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2014 to serve as deputy defense secretary.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I liken electric grid and renewable to the economic and political and military fiasco of the Iraq war. The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Alternative is no longer an alternative. Oil is the alternative.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Maybe Im too hippie/spartan for this brave new labor reduced world? Here we go again.or

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Dan Davids, president of Plug In America , drove his plug-in Toyota RAV4 to Tuesdays news conference and lauded Nissans announcement. Flu genes spell pig · British forces end combat operations in Iraq more AP: LOCAL · First stimulus highway project starts in Wash. · Hats off to Nissan.

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

Creative Greenius

Then in 2003 we presented a forum on Iraq, “Voices From the Streets.&# People came in opposition and said “You can’t come out against the Iraq war.&#. I personally want us to do more about us getting out of Iraq but the committee voted against me and said it was not an environmental issue.

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