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The Essential Vannevar Bush

Cars That Think

His “As We May Think” article, for the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic magazine, envisioned a desktop computer and a “web” of “associative trails” that no less than the founders of Google cite as the inspiration for today’s information science and the Internet.

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One EV enthusiast leads to anothe

Electric Auto Association

The organization grows My first connection came when folks from the Columbus non-profit Clean Fuels Ohio saw my Facebook page. Over lunch, Sam Spofforth, the Executive Director, convinced me to expand it to include all Dayton EV enthusiasts, regardless of EV brand. Media links and more.

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One EV enthusiast leads to another

Electric Auto Association

The organization grows My first connection came when folks from the Columbus non-profit Clean Fuels Ohio saw my Facebook page. Over lunch, Sam Spofforth, the Executive Director, convinced me to expand it to include all Dayton EV enthusiasts, regardless of EV brand. Media links and more.

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

Green Car Congress

The eleven metropolitan regions that were studied include Madison, Wisconsin; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Minneapolis-St. Article ASAP • doi: 10.1021/es8021655 • Publication Date (Web): 11 February 2009 Stone et al. In addition to Stone, Dr. Mednick, Tracey Holloway, and Scott N.

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A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Wants to Visit Your School

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Here is a link to an article published about EVJerr’s stop at Tioga High School in Sonora, California. The Spirit f DC will complete the PHEV All Around America educational tour back in Washington, DC on the weekend before Earth Day at the Environmental Protection Agency’s 5th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. See instructions for fixing the problem. WEBSTER A 100 m.p.g.

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Boats Should Be Sleek—But Only Up to a Point

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The Santa María , a small carrack captained by Christopher Columbus in 1492, had an LBR of 3.45. This article appears in the August 2021 print issue as "A Boat Can Indeed Be Too Long and Too Skinny.". Roman vessels transporting wheat from Egypt to Italy had an LBR of about 3; ratios of 3.4

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