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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

Cars That Think

He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems. It also was a leader in measurement instruments.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. Natural gas has also revitalized several domestic industries and reduced the US trade imbalance. Zoback, Ritts and Schuller are in the process of building out NGI’s corporate affiliates program.

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The state of Michigan, which has seen its economy decimated by the collapse of the gas-powered auto industry, is pouring incentives into the alt-car market. This is the same government who gave us Light Rail, Tram, and are proposing building a new stadium. The same incompetence we see locally exists locally as well as Federally.

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