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Researchers Outline Consensus Position on Beneficial Biofuels

Green Car Congress

Noting that society “ cannot afford to miss out ” on the multiple benefits of biofuels “ done right ”, but that society also “ cannot accept the undesirable impacts of biofuels done wrong ,” eleven researchers suggest what they describe as a consensus position on beneficial biofuels in a paper published 17 July in Science. Tilman et al.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. One was affordability. Harry decided to forego buying an EV, but he remains open to purchasing one if both the affordability and charging issues are better addressed. “I

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

Cars That Think

He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. Similarly, GE sold off GE Capital for $26 billion after the 2008 finance and banking collapse, which is a far cry from a decade earlier, when it was worth ten times that.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types.

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