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#what Really Matters?

Oct 28 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

When: . . . . . . fire, . . . . . . flood, or . . . . . . fierce winds, are barreling toward your home, . . . it is striking how material possessions cease to matter. . . . Items that were once prized belongings, . . . are left behind without a second...

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#germany: Self-Driving Minibus

Oct 27 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

EZ10, . . . A self-driving minibus: . . . . . . seat's 6 people, . . . . . . speed 9.3 mph, https://vimeo.com/137217228 . . . going between the: . . . . . . train station, . . . . . . town center, and . . . . . . thermal baths, that tourists come i...

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#chinese Super Ships

Oct 13 2017 06:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Chinese Super Ships https://www.youtube....h?v=KX1OZKKfHGg

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# 9 Storms Hit The Atlantic

Oct 09 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

US territories, have never before been hit by . . . 3, category 4 storms, . . . in one season, and As Colorado State University meteorologist . . . Philip Klotzbach noted on Twitter this weekend, the last time . . . 9 consecutive named storms hit the A...

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#refugee: Cheap Tramsportation

Oct 03 2017 12:30 AM | eds in Ed's Articles

Problem: There are 200 million urbanized refugees in South Asia, . . . who can’t access resources like: . . . . . . markets, . . . . . . schools, . . . . . . hospitals, and . . . . . . places of employment, . . . due to a lack of public transportation...

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#blackout: What If America Lost Electricity?

Sep 30 2017 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

What would happen if America lost electricity, . . . for a long period of time. Hurricane, Hackers, Solar Flare, or imagine a . . . Nuclear blast, occurring somewhere above eastern Nebraska. . . . Radiating outwards, the EMP fries electronics in sout...

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#batteries: Stacking Energy Storage Values

Sep 19 2017 05:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Most of the existing energy storage research, . . . focuses only on isolated applications of batteries. The economists identified costs for utilities, and others, . . . to acquire certain services, including: . . . . . . energy, . . . .. . capacity, a...

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#book: Solutionary Rail

Sep 17 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Electrifying the US rail system, . . . Installing electrical transmission lines alone railroad right of ways, . . . that serve to transport electricity from capillary generation sources to: . . . . . . . . . the destination of most rail traffic — u...

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#hurricane's Vs Energy Resiliency

Sep 08 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Houston, H-E-B stores microgrids and storage: . . . . . . not only keep their own lights on, . . . . . . but, provided emergency food, . . . . . . mobile kitchens, and . . . . . . other emergency services. They did this largely as part of their own cor...

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#batteries: Save Money

Sep 05 2017 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Giant batteries, . . . help renewable energy grow, . . . in New England. Grid-scale batteries can serve many functions: . . . . . . Stabilize the electric frequency at 60 hertz per second, . . . . . . “peak-shaving,” for one hour, saved our customers...

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