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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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—Professor Annemarie Schneider from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, lead author. The population maps were developed by the WorldPop team, led by Andy Tatem at the University of Southampton. This study reveals the opposite, and this could change how officials plan and adapt to urbanization in the future.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. I personally wouldn’t count on the “Big Three&# actually implementing any of these new technologies in the near future.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range.

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