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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. In its most common form, it uses an incoming stimulus, at some minimum threshold value, to move and close a mechanical switch, which in turn activates an electronic circuit.

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

Green Car Congress

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Energy Markets in a State of Change.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

SAN FRANCISCO — If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. February 15, 2010. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. By TODD WOODY and CLIFFORD KRAUSS.