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Keurig 'K-Cups' becoming environmental problem by the billions
2014-03-02 19:49:33| Food - Topix.net
A Keurig machine. The K-Cups are placed in the top part of the machine which then punctures a hole in it and deposits coffee into the cup below.
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Deutsche Telekom pledges to invest 'billions' in Hungarian broadband network
2014-02-21 21:21:32| Telecom - Topix.net
Hottges and Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed on Friday to give every Hungarian household access to the broadband network by 2018, under a deal which also involves government and European Union support.
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Pratt, GE battle over billions in jet engine orders
2014-02-18 14:38:58| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
As the next generation of narrow-body airplanes takes to the skies later this year, makers of the new fuel-efficient engines that power them are battling for market share.
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Failure to prepare for extreme weather costs billions
2014-02-12 10:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Detroit Free Press: Failing to prepare for extreme weather events has cost the United States $1.15 trillion in economic losses from 1980 to 2010 and could cost another trillion in coming years, a Department of Homeland Security official told a Senate panel Wednesday. "According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, future impacts of climate change project national economic losses on the order of $1.2 trillion through 2050," said David Heyman, DHS' assistant secretary for policy. Wednesday's Senate Homeland...
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GE develops high-tech fridge magnets that could save the world billions of dollars in energy costs
2014-02-11 15:24:29| Extremetech
One of the world's biggest draws of electricity is refrigeration and air conditioning. (Yes, it's somewhat ironic that, by trying to stay cool, we pump millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere). General Electric, GE, believes it has discovered a new method of magnet-based refrigeration that is 20-30% more efficient than existing refrigeration technology, which almost universally uses a liquid refrigerant and compressor. GE launched the first commercial electric refrigerator in 1927 -- and fridges have fundamentally remained unchanged for almost 100 years. GE hopes that its magnet-based tech can become the refrigeration method of choice for the next 100 years.
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