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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. The earliest Christmas lights used miniature versions of Edison's pear-shaped carbon-filament bulbs, which had fragile exhaust tips that were prone to breaking.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2024

Baua Electric

Fortunately, we’ve found some excellent options for cheap electric bikes that can still save you some serious dough. Plus there’s a choice between a nice 9-speed chain drive transmission or a fancier Gates Carbon Drive belt setup with an Enviolo continuously variable transmission. Either way, you’re not in Kansas anymore.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2024

Baua Electric

Fortunately, we’ve found some excellent options for cheap electric bikes that can still save you some serious dough. Plus there’s a choice between a nice 9-speed chain drive transmission or a fancier Gates Carbon Drive belt setup with an Enviolo continuously variable transmission. Either way, you’re not in Kansas anymore.

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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. By the way Boones plan covers: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. 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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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba).

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