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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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The Low VMT case assumes an environment in which travel choices made by drivers result in lower demand for personal vehicle travel, consistent with the recent trend. Alternative modes of travel affect VMT to the degree that the population has access to substitutes for personal LDVs. —below the 1.7%

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. arranged a visit to a Semi-Automatic Ground Environment computer center. His work on MCI Mail would have a big influence on his future work with the Internet. in Santa Monica, Calif.,

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The View From Here Today

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In 2001 she terminated our grass lawns and replaced them with drought tolerant plants because of her concerns for water use. I’ve been blogging on the environment since October of 2007. My wife, Debra, is a horticulturist and works at our local South Coast Botanic Garden. Credit: Genaro Molina / (c) Los Angeles Times.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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By the war’s end, with “not quite one arm between four persons, and exactly two legs between six,” these self-taught amputee-weaponsmiths decide to repurpose their skills toward a new projectile: a rocket ship. The fleshy stumps of the world act as repositories for these designers’ dreams of a high-tech, superhuman future.

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An interview with Riversimple

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As a small UK-based business aiming to produce highly energy-efficient vehicles for personal transport; Riversimple says its vision is of a world where our relationship with the car is dramatically changed for the better. to explain more about Riversimple’s plans for the prototype and his hopes for a hydrogen-driven future.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Still, its first-person 3D visuals were ahead of the curve, predating more famous hits like Atari’s Battlezone. “I In retrospect, ESP feels like a predecessor to modern efforts to build “digital twins” to simulate and replicate real-world environments. It didn’t depict real airspace or modern airplanes.

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