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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. Then, magically, Matt Rogers, who’d been one of the first interns on the iPod project, reached out to me.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. Please read our Privacy Policy.To VAT number GB 243 8054 69.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. There is a really good new book out by Jeff Wilson called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now. We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources.

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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. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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