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AECOM awarded contract to build Faraday Future’s $1B N American EV manufacturing plant

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AECOM has been selected to construct the $1-billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Additionally, the project will include sustainable and energy-efficient oils, elevator systems, and lighting, as well as prismatic skylights for daylighting of manufacturing.

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Opinion: The Dark Side Of The Shale Bust

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The fallout of the collapse in oil prices has a lot of side effects apart from the decline of rig counts and oil flows. Williston is coping with $300 million in debt after having leveraged itself to buildup infrastructure to deal with the swelling of people and equipment heading for the oil patch.

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MSU microbial electrolysis cell produces ethanol from glycerol, reduces wastewater in biodiesel production

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The platform, which uses microbes to produce ethanol from glycerol, has the added benefit of cleaning up the wastewater, will allow producers to reincorporate the ethanol and the water into the fuel-making process, said Gemma Reguera, MSU microbiologist and one of the co-authors. They feast like they’re at a Las Vegas buffet.

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Continental presenting eHorizon swarm intelligence system for two-wheelers at CES 2017

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Continental will use the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this coming January as the venue to present the eHorizon system for two-wheelers. The eHorizon system interconnects bikers, offers a shared platform to motorcyclist communities, and allows motorcyclists to share important route information.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

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Here’s the version I remember hearing in New Jersey: A man goes on vacation and his brother agrees to housesit for him — feeding the cat, picking up the newspapers and mail, watering the plants, etc. ACT ACCORDINGLY – Stop wasting so much time mindlessly watching television, playing video games and going to Las Vegas.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. decrease water use compared to conventional algae reactors. engineered to use fertilizer and water more efficiently and. reduce US dependence on foreign oil. input that would cut costs, greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependency on foreign oil.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

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More importantly we are obligated to help change the course of the certain hell and high water that is coming for anyone under 30 years old. You’ll also be finished forever with things like oil changes, tune ups, new air filters and the other maintenance that isn’t necessary with electric cars. “What!?