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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Best known as a robotics researcher, academic, and entrepreneur, Brooks is also an authority on AI: he directed the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT until 2007, and held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford before that. Or, how far can a person throw a Frisbee? And we’re really good at that.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

Green Car Congress

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. —“Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

The Truth About Cars

Meanwhile, the first Spyder went on sale in 2007. While my personal tastes continue to skew toward bikes with ridiculous power-to-weight ratios, I’d happily take the Can-Am Spyder over any heavyweight touring bike or cruiser on a decidedly long journey. However, you can almost build one of these vehicles à la carte.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. But most could build it for under $1k and mine gets the equivalent of 600mpg fuel cost wise.

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

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Who is going to take the lead on building the transmission capability that is needed: private industry, states or the federal government? billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Schisms or “Areas of Concern”. chance of default and a BBB project having 10.5%

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation. Our goal: Get car makers to build Bettah PHEVs than we can convert ourselves.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Unfortunately, this conference focused primarily on setting a cap on carbon emissions and providing financial aid to developing countries to build capacities to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) was established at the 2007 Bali COP.