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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

Sensors that mount on buildings can just plug into a wall outlet. This has been the experience of hundreds of Californians. In the case of the 2017 Tubbs Fire, the 2018 Camp Fire, and the 2020 August Complex Fires, high winds blasted flames through populated areas in the early morning hours while residents were sleeping.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations.

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