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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

Baua Electric

But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year , this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. Assuming the boat truly is electric, that canopy seems like a lot of wasted space that could be well spent holding up some solar panels. And that’s after my boat cost nearly twice as much!

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Non-bike bike gear tested: Foldylock Forever is the most secure folding lock, period.

Baua Electric

Someone will eventually mention Lockpicking Lawyer and say you’re all wasting your time. It’s not cheap – I’ll tell you that immediately. But good quality isn’t cheap, and if I could go back and spend that $125 before my $3,000 e-bike was stolen last year , I’d do it in a heartbeat. Basically, there’s little consensus.

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Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable

Cars That Think

We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. Among them: Our society generates massive amounts of waste that is going to remain in landfills for a long time. Unfortunately, there are some deleterious side effects. It’s horrendous, if you think about it, which is why most of us tend not to think about it.

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

Clean Fleet Report

You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Using less fuel definitely contributes to reaching the goals of going green enthusiasts. You’ll be happy to hear that auto insurance companies are competing for green customers by offering discounts. Repairs are another area to get greener.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

15:33 CST – Drew Baglino notes that today’s energy economy is dirty and wasteful, and that 80% of global energy comes from fossil fuels. Musk highlights that the use of fossil fuels actually waste a lot of energy. Definitely highlighting this “extreme scale” theme Elon Musk referenced. Presentation starts in ~5 mins.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV).

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Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data

Cars That Think

And it was a great waste of time. It definitely wasn’t identified by traditional methods. I was surprised by the result, but when you think about it, whole-genome sequencing is relatively cheap. Oftentimes, I was rounding [i.e., And to me, that’s the most striking fact. We had an outbreak. So that’s really the value of EDS-HAT.