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SpaceX’s next Dragon astronaut launch pushed to Friday by bad abort weather

Teslarati

Unfortunately tomorrow’s launch was delayed due to high winds, but Friday looks better! At least for now, SpaceX is unable to guarantee the safety of Dragon astronauts in more than moderate swell and surface wind conditions. Meanwhile #Crew2 remains happy and healthy @NASAKennedy.

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Nine EVs that lease for under $400/month: Ioniq 5, Solterra, Niro, Ioniq 6, more

Baua Electric

These terms step over our $400 line in the sand, but negotiating a $1500 to $2000 discount should drop the effective lease cost of an all-wheel-drive Ioniq 5 SEL (255 miles of range, 0-60 in 4.4 seconds) that can be bought at a $2000 discount or leased at $249/month for 36 months and $3499 at signing. seconds) to less than $400/month.

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10-Year FTA Low-Speed Urban Maglev Research Program Shows Technology is Feasible, But Infrastructure Costs and Availability of Technologies Are Intimidating

Green Car Congress

Long-stator propulsion uses an electrically powered linear motor winding in the guideway; short-stator propulsion uses a linear induction motor (LIM) winding onboard the vehicle and a passive guideway with a magnetically receptive material (e.g., ferromagnetic aluminum, copper, etc.) installed along the rail surface.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

These zoning decisions blow in whatever direction the development winds are gusting in the city at the moment and there is no consistency, logic or equity in the decisions made. If we followed Gainsville Florida’s lead and voted in feed-in tariffs people would be renting roof space to put up more solar. BRADLEY’S BACKGROUND IN SOLAR.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Mr. Donovan, a member of The Florida Bar, The U.S. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ”

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