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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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Inertial confinement compresses and heats a target filled with fuel—often using lasers—to kick-start a reaction. The Iter project has greatly increased researchers’ knowledge about magnetic-confinement fusion and spurred the development of the industry’s highly specialized global supply chain and workforce.

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The green cars of the Tokyo Motor Show. The Green Piece

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The list of participants at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, which kicks off to the Press tomorrow (October 21), is perhaps indicative of Japan’s waning fortunes. Two years on, its questionable as to whether that tag can still apply, but there’s no denying the appeal of the production version of this model. Faye Sunderland.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4 ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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CalCars' PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Latest from CalCars-News: [ see all latest ] How CalCars Green-Tuned an 04 Prius into a PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid! Toyota currently ships cars in Europe and Japan with this button, but its unavailable in the US -- see photo ).

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Toyota Unveils Dedicated Hybrid Concept, Plan for Prius Family; Expands Fuel Cell Vehicle Demonstration Program in the US

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The FT-CH is a concept that would address Toyota’s stated strategy to offer a wider variety of conventional hybrid choices to its customers, as it begins to introduce plug-in hybrids (PHVs) and battery electrics (BEVs) in model year 2012, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCHVs) in 2015 in global markets. —Jim Lentz. Eight new hybrids.

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Better Place Debuts EV Services Platform and Partners at Frankfurt Motor Show

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Better Place, which is an active participant in the global standards bodies, is demonstrating charge spot standards’ compliance with the world’s two leading charging connector standards—IEC 62196 and J1772—in Frankfurt. The company will kick off the demonstration in January 2010. Continental, Intel and Microsoft. TÜV Rheinland.

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

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“It’s stunning that funding was kicked out, and it’s pretty clear the big electricity utilities were not innocent,&# said Green Party member Claude Turmes, who last year helped draft EU green energy policy. Tags: evdriven. “Their influence on policy-making is tremendous,&# he added.

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