Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. The United States spends almost $500 billion annually purchasing energy from other countries.

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Solar Future Energy New Jersey 246

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive.

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Singapore 2000 Store IDEA 145

Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Like fighter planes, military drones started cheap, then got expensive. Unlike the fighters, though, they got cheap again. In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one aircraft,” wrote Norman Augustine, formerly Undersecretary of the Army, back in 1984. Unlike the fighters, though, they got cheap again.

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Ukraine Cheap Russia Taiwan 100