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Mit: China Climate Policies Saves #money
Apr 28 2018 01:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A new study from researchers at MIT, . . . has concluded that if China follows through on its climate policies, . . . targeting the reduction of CO2 emissions, . . . the monetary savings stemming from air quality, and human health, . . . will greatly e...
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Cash Cows
Oct 31 2012 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Renewable energy capacity will overtake nuclear power in the UK by 2018, . . . if current rates of growth continue, and . . . will provide enough power for one in 10 British homes by 2015, . . . according to new research. Source: guardiannews nati...
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Fdic Bank Closings
Nov 03 2012 06:35 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Nov State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- FL . . . Heritage Bank of Florida IL. . . . Citizens First National Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 . . . 2009 . . .140 . . . 2010 . . .157 ....
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Fix Deficit And Energy Spending
Dec 13 2013 11:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
India's trade deficit, $10.5 billion. Nuclear Scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar says, . . . to control the deficit and fulfill energy requirements, . . . India must take the Solar route. Our energy import bill is rising, . . . as India reels under a...
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Tata Nano Diesel May Double Nano Sales
Apr 14 2012 04:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
India skewed it's fuel pricing policy, . . . making diesel cheaper than petrol, . . . could double sales of the Worlds Cheapest car, . . . the TATA Nano. Source: thehindubusinessline
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Verticalization?
Aug 05 2014 10:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Verticalization, means that a company owns the: . . . supply chain, or . . . parts of the supply chain, for the product it sells. Depending on how vertically integrated it is, it can own everything, . . . from a product’s basic parts, . . . to its asse...
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Tax's On The 1%
Apr 23 2012 09:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
How do you compare with the wealthiest 1% on, . . . Cost-of-Living? . . . Disposable-Cash? . . . Taxes? Source: wealth-&-taxes
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Fdic Bank Closings
Oct 27 2012 03:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Bank closing in Oct State . . Bank Name ------- ----------------------------- FL . . . . First East Side Savings Bank FL. . . . GulfSouth Private Bank MO . . . Excel Bank PA . . . NOVA Bank FDIC BANK Closings . . . 2007 . . . .3 . . . 2008 . . . 25 ....
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#telsa: Skip Ahead Like Cellphones
Feb 09 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
#Telsa: Skip ahead, like cellphones, without wires, and . . . Electric transportation, without wires.
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Follow The Money: $5.3 Trillion A Year
Aug 06 2015 08:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The US subsidies coal, gas, and oil, . . . $700 billion a year. . . . That’s $2,180 per American, per year, . . . over and above, what you pay your local company. Fossil Fuel Subsidizes World Wide are, . . . $5,300,000,000,000.- (trilli...
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#climate Change
Aug 18 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The small Louisiana town of Cameron, . . . could be the first in the US to be fully submerged by rising sea levels, . . . and yet locals, 90% of whom voted for Trump, . . . still aren’t convinced about climate change. The population of Cameron dropped...
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Barclays Downgrades Electric Utility Industry
May 25 2014 01:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Barclays credit strategy team has warned that, . . . the solar market is likely to “disrupt the status quo” for . . . the electric utility industry sooner rather than later. The kernel of the disruption is not solar energy alone. . . . It’s the killer...
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Tata Coming To Mexico
Sep 26 2012 08:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Tata Motors is expanding into the Latin American market and . . . will get a Mexico duty exemption, . . . for investing up to USD 100 million, . . . with a pledge to build at least 50,000 vehicles. Source: Tata
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States Oppose Clean Power Plan
Aug 07 2015 09:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The plan calls upon states to up their renewable generating capacities using: . . . . . . Natural gas, . . . . . . Wind, . . . . . . Solar, and . . . . . . Hydroelectric power sources, . . . while decreasing their reliance on Fossil Fuels, . . . . . ....
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Will Renewable Energy, Replace Nuclear Reactors?
May 25 2012 04:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Japan had 54 reactors providing close to 30% of its electricity,
. . . with plans to increase this share to more than 50% by 2030.
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#economics 101: In South Carolina
Apr 13 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
if I buy a more fuel-efficient car, . . . I buy less gas than I did before. . . . I pay less at the pump. . . . The gas station earns less profit. . . . It’s a fair market transaction. The gas station doesn’t get reimbursed for the gas I’m not buying....
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What Are #renewable Energy Zones?
Apr 16 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), . . . has released a discussion paper, . . . on bundling future renewable energy power, together into zones, to: . . . . . . reduce the costs of new transmission infrastructure needed, . . . . . . manag...
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Warehouse Robotics
Jan 02 2017 09:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In December 2014, Amazon installed almost . . . 15,000 robots in its US warehouse to: . . . . . . cut operation cost by 1/5, . . . . . . compete with the brick and mortar stores, . . . . . . to deliver items to customers on time, . . . . . . at...
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Fukushima: A Warning To The World
Nov 23 2013 04:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
TEPCO president acknowledges miscalculations “What happened at Fukushima was, yes, a warning to the world. . . . We made a lot of excuses to ourselves” and . . . unwarranted assumptions that others had discussed, . . . adequate “counter-measures” for l...
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#coca-Cola Europe = 100% Renewable
May 24 2017 12:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), . . . has announced that it has begun sourcing, . . . 100% of its electricity, from renewable sources. 5-24-2017 Source: #Coca-Cola Europe = 100% Renewable
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Kal's Cartoon
Dec 22 2012 09:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Attendance seems low lately. . . . Where is everybody? Funerals Source: economist
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The Future Of Energy?
Dec 07 2012 02:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
How do “environmentalists” and “treehuggers” reason for . . . or accept the oil and gas industry? Life as we know it, . . . is thanks to the oil and gas industry. . . . Cheap oil has made affordable, . . . . . . globetrotting and travel, . . . . . . f...
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Usa Corporate: #solar Goals
Apr 13 2018 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
USA Corporations that aim for 100% renewable energy: . . . Apple, hit it this week, . . . Google, hit it this month, and . . . Microsoft, recently set a new solar procurement record. Corporate solar installations topped . . . 3 gigawatts last year, ac...
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China: #ev Electric Trucks
Jan 06 2018 02:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
“China has started, . . . the stopping of sale, . . . of fossil fuelled trucks.” It included a goal to promote green transportation/EV development, and use. . . . Additionally, it supports the rollout of . . . freight-related charging facilities. The...
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Ev's: Who Can Afford Them?
Oct 07 2013 07:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Staples has 1,770 medium-duty trucks, most of them diesels. . . . But 53 are Smith Newton battery-power electrics, . . . which are working so well that he’s adding 5 updated models. . . . More might be added as leases end on Staples’ conventional truck...
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