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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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LDVs accounted for 61% of all transportation energy consumption in the United States in 2012—8.4 Before the 2007 peak, travel behavior in the United States tracked closely with economic growth. Alternative modes of travel affect VMT to the degree that the population has access to substitutes for personal LDVs.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited. And in 2019, he was named a Person of Distinguished Service to Science and Technology, one of the nation’s highest honors. Frederick E. Legend and Legacy. Kim Choong-Ki.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

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By the war’s end, with “not quite one arm between four persons, and exactly two legs between six,” these self-taught amputee-weaponsmiths decide to repurpose their skills toward a new projectile: a rocket ship. In the United States alone, more than 2 million people live with limb loss, with 185,000 people receiving amputations every year.

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

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9 ] In addition, the complex, deliberate, and lengthy publishing cycle of the IPCC’s Assessment Reports—which have so far been produced in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007—has not kept pace with the abrupt acceleration of many key indicators of climate change. Earlier post.). ” [ 19 ].

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

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But those of us who know better, also know that from 1976 to 2005 Californians’ electric use stayed flat while the rest of the United States electricity consumption per capita grew by 60%. “…his company estimates that the average cost of saving a kilowatt-hour through efficiency is 1.7

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

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Starting around 2001, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride fomented a revolution in lighting that has been, by some measures, the fastest technology shift in human history. Switching power supplies are the type used to power virtually all personal computers, mobile devices, and appliances that run on DC.

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