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Cheap Solar Panels Aren't Enough to Make Solar Installers Profitable
SolarCity’s IPO filings show it needs to grow and lower costs.
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Musk–New York Times Debate Highlights Electric Cars’ Shortcomings
Tesla should emphasize the applications where EVs beat gas vehicles.
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Study: Exporting Natural Gas Will Help the Economy
But if the Obama administration approves exports, it might hurt manufacturing and chemical production in the U.S.
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Toyota Scales Back Electric Vehicle Plans
The automaker is focusing on hybrids instead, intending to produce 21 models by 2015.
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Big Bang Abandoned in New Model of the Universe
A new cosmology successfully explains the accelerating expansion of the universe without dark energy; but only if the universe has no beginning and no end.
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Newfound U.S. Oil Wealth Won’t Lower Gas Prices
Shale gas and new oil-extraction technology are changing the energy map, but global demand is also set to grow.
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It’s Time to Talk about the Burgeoning Robot Middle Class
How will a mass influx of robots affect human employment?
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Kerry Could Spearhead Bilateral Climate Change Agreements
UN-scale treaties might be dead, but who needs everyone to get on board?
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The Future of American Manufacturing
The president’s proposed initiatives are a good start in helping to revitalize manufacturing, but they don’t go nearly far enough.
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Quantum setback for warp drives
Include quantum mechanics in the calculations and faster-than-light drives become unstable
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