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Wyoming leads in vehicle miles traveled per person

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Because total VMT depends, in part, on the size of the population, of interest in this study was the variation among the states in vehicle miles traveled per person (VMT per person). The results show that VMT per person in 2018 ranged from 18,072 miles in Wyoming to 5,261 miles in the District of Columbia. Census Bureau.

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Researchers create first large-scale model of human mobility that incorporates human motive; population distribution rather than size

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To demonstrate the radiation model’s accuracy in predicting the number of commuters, the researchers selected two pairs of counties in Utah and Alabama, each with a set of cities with comparable population sizes and distances between them. In this instance, the gravity model predicts that one person will commute between each set of cities.

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Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

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million per year at a 200,000 person WWTP when the crude product is further separated into purified chemicals, these are then sold and the chemical sales’ revenues are used to subsidize the cost of the biofuel. The WWTP economics as a biorefinery become very favorable with an estimated potential net profit of $2.2

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EGEB: Minnesota wins by compromising over a wind and solar farm and a historic site

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Ørsted completes a 227 MW solar farm in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for Facebook. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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QOTD: How Can Unions Break Through in the South?

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The UAW scored a victory at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga earlier this year before falling short with Mercedes-Benz in Alabama last week. Me, personally, I generally lean in favor of unions as a way to give labor equal power with management, though I am not axiomatically pro-union. There were two big differences in the campaign.

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QOTD: What's The Best Song About Driving?

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I make the trip a fair amount, and I also visit friends or attend personal/professional appointment in the suburbs often. Or the Alabama song about trucking. It's an hour's drive, minimum, and the return trip took almost double that due to rain and, according to Apple Maps, an accident on the interstate. Like the Eddie Rabbit song.

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UAW to Vote on Strike at the Stellantis Warren Stamping Plant

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At issue are complaints surrounding plant ventilation fans, personal protective equipment, and ergonomic floor mats. Other plants across the South are in its crosshairs, including Mercedes-Benz’s plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. There have also been problems with flooding, the restrooms, and lighting at the facility.

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