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To Hell With The Grownups. I’m Now With Greta & #FridaysForFuture

Creative Greenius

The first media notice Greta got was from the BBC in September of last year. By the end of October she was speaking at the Declaration of Rebellion, at Parliament Square, in London. In November she gave a widely noticed and watched TED talk. By early December Great was at the UN Climate Talks in Poland and addressing the attendees.

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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

Cars That Think

Britain was behind the United States when it came to laser research, and it took time to acquire such an expensive piece of equipment. In 1960, he began giving the occasional public lecture at the Royal Institution , in London, filling in for speakers at the last minute. www.youtube.com.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea.

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