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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

Green Car Congress

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The proposed expansion of sugarcane production is within the area that can be legally converted.

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The Tesla Autopilot Excuse: How EV ignorance created the perfect storm for a misinformation nightmare

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Another Tesla has crashed, and this time, it took the lives of two individuals from Texas. As it is with other Tesla crashes, the Model S crash in Texas immediately caught the attention of national media. This does not mean to say the narrative surrounding the fatal Model S crash in Texas was ironclad, however. Credit: NTSB ).

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

So Stillwell went inside Atwood’s and used his phone to record his conversation with Libby and another man, Duane Maki. Broadcasting a false distress signal over maritime radio is a violation of international code and, in the United States, a federal Class D felony. Others said it sounded like Nate Libby, a dockside worker. A 2020 U.S.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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The project was given the internal moniker “4004.” San Antonio, Texas, which, architected by Computer Terminals, was named the 8008. Currently, though history traces today’s microprocessor back to Hoff, Mazor, and Faggin, the legal rights to the invention belong to Hyatt. San Jose, Calif.,

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. I want to sell power to Texas, because we can. Did you intern with Davidson? I know these them, I lived in Japan I know these people, I’ve sat and had conversations with them. And this is boring.

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This Harvard Law Professor is an Expert on Digital Technology

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He is a professor of international law at Harvard Law School , a professor of public policy at its Kennedy School , and a professor of computer science at the university’s John A. Providing free access to books and legal decisions Much of Zittrain’s work looks at ways to make information more widely available. Jonathan L.

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Cockpit Recording’s Erasure Hampers Boeing 737 Max 9 Investigation

Baua Electric

airline industry more in line with international regulations,” the airline said. In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization, an arm of the United Nations, adopted a standard calling for recorders capable of capturing the last 25 hours of audio on all new aircraft starting in 2021. That did not happen in this case.

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