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Autonomous vehicles could help millions of people catch up on sleep, TV and work
Jan 11, 2018 14:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
What would you do if you could magically reclaim all the time you spend behind the wheel of a car? Ultimately thats what a future filled with autonomous vehicles is promising. There are many questions about what...
If we keep subsidizing wind, will the cost of wind energy go down?
Aug 07, 2017 07:28 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
There are high hopes for renewable energy to help society by providing a more stable climate, better energy security and less pollution. Government actions reflect these hopes through policies to promote renewable energy....
TV-watching couch potatoes have outsized energy footprint
Apr 12, 2016 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
It is alluringly easy to use averages, but when most of a group is far from average, they can lead us astray. This is no less true in the area of energy consumption. Consider for example the ubiquitous yellow labels in...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well