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Junkyard Find: 1998 Nissan 200SX SE-R

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Nissan dusted off the Sentra SE-R name for 2002-2006 and again for 2013-2015 , but it proved impossible to reawaken the enthusiasm for the original in American car shoppers (whose love for two-doors and non-trucks in general had faded). It was available in the United States for the 1995 through 1998 model years and is mostly forgotten today.

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Digital Signal Processing Pioneer Jim Boddie Remembered

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It would be deployed by new digital systems in sufficient volume to justify the cost of developing the DSP. In time, the team homed in on a specific filtering application: DTMF (dual-tone multifrequency) signaling, which decoded a phone’s dial tones into the dialed number to route calls.

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NREL and GM announce multi-year R&D partnership to reduce cost of automotive fuel cells

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1 in total fuel cell patents granted in 2013, and continues to lead all companies in total fuel cell patents granted since 2002. According to The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, GM ranked No. NREL’s work on the project is funded by the Energy Department’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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UPS began using LNG tractors in its delivery fleet in 2002. Currently, UPS operates LNG tractors in Las Vegas, Nev., Phoenix, Ariz., Beaver and Salt Lake City, Utah, and, Ontario, Calif. Building these fueling stations is a solid future investment for UPS.

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New Report Concludes That Real Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Will Likely Be At Least 2-3X Greater Than Current Estimates

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Scientists led by a former co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are warning warn that the UN negotiations aimed at tackling climate change are based on substantial underestimates of what it will cost to adapt to its impacts. But previous estimates of adaptation costs have substantially misjudged the scale of funds needed.

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SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

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Since 2002, Bloom has been awarded 19 patents for its solid oxide electrolyzer technology. Over time, it has improved the efficiency and aggressively reduced the cost of its products and expects this trend to continue. Bloom’s electrolyzers would allow SK to play a vital role in helping to meet these targets. —Jason Ahn.

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Biden authorizes release of more than 180M barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve; 1M bpd for 6 months

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In an effort to address the rapidly increasing cost of gasoline, President Biden authorized the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for the next six months—more than 180 million barrels—from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The newly authorized drawdown will come from all four storage sites.

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