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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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Fission waste by-products need to be disposed of safely, and they remain radioactive for thousands of years. Setting aside differences in design particulars, each attempts the near-impossible: Heat a gas enough for it to become a plasma and magnetically squeeze it enough to ignite fusion—all without letting the plasma escape.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests. No, if you look at the picture it actually has 6 wheels but drives on 2 to waste energy. by galeso April 10, 2009 9:38 AM PDT jsargent, thanks I would have missed the wasted energy argument. Video Web 2.0

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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In the same way that Google search has the sort of firewall, it’s very difficult to compete with Google because people are constantly doing searches, and clicking, and Google is getting that feedback loop, it’s the same with Tesla, but at a scale that is difficult to comprehend. Elon Musk: Yeah.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours.

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