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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Earlier post.). chance of default.

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Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light

Cars That Think

The idea for a better way began back in 2005, when I started hearing about a new technique being pioneered in neuroscience called. We next trained the gerbils to respond to an auditory stimulus, teaching them to avoid a certain area when they heard a tone. How optogenetics works. optogenetics.

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

Cars That Think

He realized that a blade of grass with a stiff base and a flexible tip could wind through the shell, and that is how he was going to get the electrodes through the cochlea. To test whether Saunders could sense different tones and stimulus rates, the team played “God Save the Queen.” Harsh criticism, setbacks, and decades of hard work.

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

Maybe where you live it’s about quickly switching to wind power, or geothermal, or tidal wave energy or some other form of clean energy, but here in Greeniusland, PV solar is the high-speed ticket to carbon freedom. Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it? Oh yeah - none of has any money.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Tony: “hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery.&# — Tony 11. I miss my EV1.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind. SZ (1) 6753.T

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources. To electrify transportation, we are looking at new generation so that would be a mix of natural gas and wind.

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