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Used Car of the Day: 2004 Volkswagen Golf R32

The Truth About Cars

Hit the jump for more on this 2004 Volkswagen Golf R32. The seller says the car is in good condition with a clean title and it recently passed North Carolina state inspection. Today's UCOTD is a nearly two-decade-old hot hatch with some mods. The mileage is just under 140K.

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Honda Aero begins production of HF120 turbofan at new Burlington plant

Green Car Congress

HAI) has begun production of its new HF120 turbofan engine completed at the new facility in Burlington, North Carolina. The HF120 engine is the result of a joint venture established in 2004 between Honda and GE combining the R&D, engine production, and jet aviation expertise of the two companies. Honda Aero, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Supercritical Ethanol Liquefaction of Swine Manure to Produce Bio-oils

Green Car Congress

Researchers from North Carolina A and T State University have converted swine manure to bio-oils by using ethanol as a solvent in an autoclave in the reaction temperature range of 240-360 °C without any catalyst. If this energy could be harvested, it would be equivalent to 21 billion gallons of gasoline (ThePigSite, 2004).

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Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

Green Car Congress

Both are represented in the study by a major gas of each type, the VOC formaldehyde and NO 2 , that are measureable from space by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA’s Aura satellite, launched in 2004. Murray, L. Lamsal, L.

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Detect Solar Flares and Gamma-Ray Bursts for Less Than $100

Cars That Think

With it, I am not only able to monitor NAA, located about 1,400 kilometers from my home in North Carolina, I can also pick up the VLF station in LaMoure, N.D. did in 2004. This combination of desktop AM antenna, external sound card, and Spectrum Lab software proved ideal. call sign NML), which transmits on 25.2

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Turn a Vintage Hi-Fi Into a Modern Entertainment Center

Cars That Think

This then is a story that ends with me watching Interstellar and listening to its soaring soundtrack in glorious high fidelity, but begins with my wife’s childhood in North Carolina. My wife grew up listening to records on this stereo, but now it was 2004, and vinyl was clearly dead and never coming back.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has been driving electric for more than 10 years and has been active in the Golden Gate chapter since shortly after the chapter was formed in 2004. Academically, he earned a Masters in Environmental Science from Drexel University and an MBA with a focus on Sustainability from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School.