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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

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The course will start in Omaha and end four days later in Manteo, N.C., Carbon-Neutral Cryptocurrency? a cryptocurrency for carbon removal. Individuals and companies can purchase and trade NORI, and eventually exchange any NORI they own for an equal number of carbon credits. 6-Gigahertz Wi-Fi Goes Mainstream.

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400 propane school buses ordered for Omaha, Nebraska

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The Metropolitan Omaha Education Consortium and Student Transportation, Inc., (STI) STI) are collaborating to deploy more than 400 Blue Bird Propane-Powered Vision school buses. The contract is the largest transportation agreement in STI’s history and is also the biggest single order to date of propane buses for Blue Bird.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. One way or another, Sokol says, energy companies will need to produce more energy while emitting less carbon dioxide.

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