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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

Green Car Congress

The Commandant of the Marine Crops, General Conway said it best during the Marine Corps energy summit a few weeks ago when he described the fully burdened cost of a gallon of gasoline delivered to a piece of equipment in Afghanistan. The Navy is already doing this at China Lake, where on-base systems generate 20 times the load of the base.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

Plug In India

The building had Jain, Buddhist, Jewish and Persian motifs, reflecting Din-e-elahi - which translates to learnings from all religions. It is said that Akbar’s queens had unlimited access to this building - and they would play ankh-micholi over there. The big plus is drastically reduced wind resistance. Expensive games!

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

Cars That Think

The blistering late-afternoon wind ripped across Camp Taji , a sprawling U.S. A Navy unit used a remote-controlled vehicle with a mounted video camera in 2009 to investigate suspicious areas in southern Afghanistan. Developers will be forced to build trust almost from scratch. military base just north of Baghdad. Mullen III/U.S.

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