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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. Google also has a huge base of both consumer and business users.

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Greenius Shredding & Recycling Dream Come True!

Creative Greenius

For years now I’ve been wanting to have a shredder truck come to my house so I could get rid of all but the last 7 years worth of records, but I’ve been too cheap to actually make the call and dig into my wallet to pay for the truck to show up at my door and securely shred then recycle all that shredded paper.

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Greenius Shredding & Recycling Dream Come True!

Creative Greenius

For years now I’ve been wanting to have a shredder truck come to my house so I could get rid of all but the last 7 years worth of records, but I’ve been too cheap to actually make the call and dig into my wallet to pay for the truck to show up at my door and securely shred then recycle all that shredded paper.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! In short, I’d bet that any decent university or corporate robotics lab with a similar budget and an active PR team would be able to pull this off. Roboticist, Google Brain. The electric motors with the battery support could make a very good tool for academic research.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

Green Car Congress

Green-technology corporations dominate the Fortune 500 by 2030. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Financial markets divest fossil-fuel assets and reallocate capital to low-carbon firms. Technology leaders hold the power.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal. What is the PTC and why does it matter? The sponsor wants to get returns from 10-20% for his or her investment.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said.

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