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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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It started out as a means of running Amazon’s own platform and has since grown into a company that offers similar services to other companies and even university researchers. Part of the pitch for a private digital currency could be offering people in these communities access to cheap, secure financial services.

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

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I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ? but not all of it.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. — Larry 4.

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