Presentasjon holdt for New Media Network (www.medianordix.com) 18. juni 2009.
Filmene i presentasjonen er klippet fra Googles wavepresentasjon. (wawe.google.com).
Deler hentet fra: http://smarterware.org/1955/the-google-wave-highlight-reel
Legg url-ene i nettleser for å se filmene. (Slideshare støtter ikke Tubechop-formatet, derfor slik.)
Presentasjon holdt for New Media Network (www.medianordix.com) 18. juni 2009.
Filmene i presentasjonen er klippet fra Googles wavepresentasjon. (wawe.google.com).
Deler hentet fra: http://smarterware.org/1955/the-google-wave-highlight-reel
Legg url-ene i nettleser for å se filmene. (Slideshare støtter ikke Tubechop-formatet, derfor slik.)
Foredrag av Erik Ødegaard på Slektens Pihls slektstreff i Vang, mai 2010.
Full Copyright hos Erik Ødegaard. (Lagres kun på min Slideshare for videredistribusjon.)
Contact : Business Leader Sijo Joseph, Email: sijo2007@gmail.com, Phone: 0097150 8945695
web: www.mvteagles.com....................
MyVideoTalk is Bringing the World Closer Together
The most cutting-edge streaming video technologies on the market today. The next wave on the internet is video - with MyVideoTalk you can get ahead of this wave and profit from it.
Security breaches are becoming a regular occurrence with many creating headlines. Yet, despite this publicity the details of breaches are often not disclosed so other organisations cannot learn from them. IRISSCERT has been contributing data on incidents in Ireland to the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report and will use this data to outline to those attending what types of attacks are happening to Irish organisations, what steps they can take to prevent becoming a victim of those same attacks and the lessons learnt to better improve their own incident response capabilities
Presented at Penguicon 7.0 in 2009. This is a presentation about what you might need to get started building your own Electric Vehicle (EV) and where you can start learning more. Basically, go buy a used one as you will spend about the same amount.
Scooter-Rebel With A Cause - Breaking The Oil Addiction - Suman SubramanianIgnite Phoenix
Video: http://ignitephoenix.blip.tv/file/1460079/
Event: Ignite Phoenix 2
Event Date: October 29th, 2008
Encourage people to adopt the paradigm shift of commuting to work via electric scooter. They cost less to run than a 500 mpg car, and (taking powerplant emissions into account) pollute less than a 275 mpg car.
Foredrag av Erik Ødegaard på Slektens Pihls slektstreff i Vang, mai 2010.
Full Copyright hos Erik Ødegaard. (Lagres kun på min Slideshare for videredistribusjon.)
Contact : Business Leader Sijo Joseph, Email: sijo2007@gmail.com, Phone: 0097150 8945695
web: www.mvteagles.com....................
MyVideoTalk is Bringing the World Closer Together
The most cutting-edge streaming video technologies on the market today. The next wave on the internet is video - with MyVideoTalk you can get ahead of this wave and profit from it.
Security breaches are becoming a regular occurrence with many creating headlines. Yet, despite this publicity the details of breaches are often not disclosed so other organisations cannot learn from them. IRISSCERT has been contributing data on incidents in Ireland to the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report and will use this data to outline to those attending what types of attacks are happening to Irish organisations, what steps they can take to prevent becoming a victim of those same attacks and the lessons learnt to better improve their own incident response capabilities
Presented at Penguicon 7.0 in 2009. This is a presentation about what you might need to get started building your own Electric Vehicle (EV) and where you can start learning more. Basically, go buy a used one as you will spend about the same amount.
Scooter-Rebel With A Cause - Breaking The Oil Addiction - Suman SubramanianIgnite Phoenix
Video: http://ignitephoenix.blip.tv/file/1460079/
Event: Ignite Phoenix 2
Event Date: October 29th, 2008
Encourage people to adopt the paradigm shift of commuting to work via electric scooter. They cost less to run than a 500 mpg car, and (taking powerplant emissions into account) pollute less than a 275 mpg car.
Experience Mazda Zoom Zoom Lifestyle and Culture by Visiting and joining the Official Mazda Community at http://www.MazdaCommunity.org for additional insight into the Zoom Zoom Lifestyle and special offers for Mazda Community Members. If you live in Arizona, check out CardinaleWay Mazda's eCommerce website at http://www.Cardinale-Way-Mazda.com
JIRA's Journey from Product to Platform: Managing a Tectonic Shift in your De...Atlassian
In 2015 Atlassian pivoted its flagship product from one app with a series of add-ons to a platform with multiple, purpose-built products built on top. Join Megan and Matt, two Atlassians on the front lines of this transformation, as they explore the planning and engineering shifts that needed to occur in order to make this massive change a success for millions of end users.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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michael@banovsky.com
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banovsky.com/denver)
Editor's Notes
Hi, I’m Michael Banovsky. I’m an automotive journalist based in Canada but write for a few US-based publications as well. Not that the program gave anything away, but I’m going to talk a little about the automobile’s past, some of the present challenges in the auto industry, and how we can look to the future to solve three key problems:
The first is that the country needs to use less energy
-When I say energy, it’s not necessarily just improving fuel consumption of new cars. It’s also education in how people drive and how people consume everything from electricity to plastic water bottles.
-In highway driving, only 20 per cent of the energy produced by the engine is being used to drive the vehicle…in city driving, it’s 13 per cent.
The second: we need to engineer a sustainable automotive market
-Not just vehicle sales, but long-term residual values, and to keep parts and service departments alive — and mechanics working.
Third, we need to create a sustainable automobile manufacturing industry
-That’s a huge challenge, because I agree that auto workers need to earn a living, but the fact is that “a living” represents a much different labour rate in other parts of the world.
So: Let’s look to the past and present…and see if the future can help these challenges.
I can tell you the story of the automobile in five words:
We got bored with walking.
So much so, that the earliest years were filled with incredible advances in innovation and manufacturing, advances that we still feel today.
The pace of automobile development was incredible until the First World War. Don't forget that there was always innovation at the beginning of the car, with steam and electric cars being very popular.
Actually, if you’re tired of hearing about the “innovative” Chevrolet Volt, there were even hybrids in the early years of the car…
In Germany, self-taught engineer and inventor Ferdinand Porsche — yes, that Porsche — showed, in 1901, the Lohrer-Porsche Mixte. It had four electric motors mounted in the wheel hubs, powered by batteries and a small generator…so basically the Chevrolet Volt, only 100 years earlier.
Auto manufacturing captivated businessmen and inventors across the world, and from 1896 to 1930, there were about 1,300 auto manufacturers in the US alone. Compare that with today,
now there are only three major “American” car companies, comprised of 13 brands in total. So that’s what happened to the inventors. But what about…
Electric cars? After all, electric car sales topped those of gasoline car sales up until about mid 1910. They died off for a few reasons;
-The electric starter made gasoline cars faster to start,
-After the First World War, petroleum fuels were in plentiful supply because the manufacturing processes for petroleum had been refined during the war
-And despite owning three Detroit Electric vehicles, Henry Ford used his perfected assembly lines to pump out car after car powered by gasoline…
So in 1907 Ford broke 10,000 cars made…
then over 100,000 six years later in 1913 (also the first year of the assembly line),
and topped a million in 1921.
So modern manufacturing and the dominance of gasoline-fuelled vehicles led to this magical era, **from basically when the car was created to around the 1973 oil crisis,** where people desired features, performance, and year-on-year changes to their cars.
The effect was that horsepower rose each year, weight rose each year, more roads were built, and automotive subcultures like hot rodding emerged.
Consumer, why bother asking for a car fuelled differently when gas is so cheap?
Manufacturer, why bother making a car that would suit different type of fuel? And who cares that you’re paying your workers, in some cases, double the wage of a comparable factory job, when demand is outstripping supply?
Government, why bother assessing environmental impact when you:
a) have a pretty much guaranteed supply of oil from Saudi Arabia
b) had little indication that the country’s energy addiction was harming the environment?
Don’t forget, the hole in ozone was \"verifed\" in 1976
Onto today. In the US alone, there more than 200 million vehicles.
…which is about the same number as the number of albums Madonna has sold worldwide.
So it’s not surprising that to make all of these vehicles move, we have to talk about oil:
According to the CIA world factbook, the US consumes about a quarter of the world’s oil production per day, with 70% of that going to fuel vehicles
And of the fuel the US uses, 60% is imported from other countries. As a result, the lawmakers are turning to increased fuel efficiency to wean us off from the oil addiction…
Just last Friday, the U.S. Transportation Department mandated the first passenger car fuel economy increase since 1975, requiring the 2011 fleet wide average to improve to 27.3 MPG — 8 percent above the 2010 model year requirement of 25.3 MPG
But before May, the government must decide whether or not to give California and 13 other states permission from the EPA to impose a requirement of a 30% decrease in tailpipe emissions by 2016. If that regulation passes, it would have the effect of a fleet wide fuel economy of 34.5 MPG by 2015.
The problem with tightening environmental controls is that people have started keeping their vehicles longer.
Which means fewer newer, “greener” cars sold.
According to J.D. Power and Associates, the average age of vehicles *traded in* at U.S. car dealerships in February was 6.1 years old, up from 5.6 years a year earlier.
Estimates show that U.S. auto sales for March will decline about 43 per cent from a year ago, with forecasts showing an adjusted annual sales rate of 8.6 million vehicles. By comparison, there were 16.1 million vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2007.
Let’s see if I can make the situation even worse.
Globally, automakers have the capacity to produce about 94 million vehicles per year,
but that’s 34 million more vehicles than consumers want to buy…which works out to be about 100 assembly plants too many.
And the majority of that excess is handled by US automakers…which means more layoffs of skilled factory workers and a shifting of production to countries where labour is inexpensive
So: if people are purchasing fewer new cars, who funds the R&D departments to make all of those shiny, fuel-efficient ones we were promised?
Well, I think the answer is that we don't need the R&D departments at major carmakers as much as we think. There’s an increased desire to not only help the environment, but also to make do with what we have.
Besides, the average age of cars on US roads are 9 years old — even if every new car sold, we’d still burn through fuel at a prodigious rate — and make little dent in improving emissions. I see three trends developing quickly…
First, eco modding
thanks to the Internet and increased discussion about making cars more efficient and reducing your environmental impact, people have started to do things like this:
One 1992 Honda Civic hatchback owner decided to get crafty and build aerodynamic components for his car. The result? A claimed 95 mpg at 70 mph.
But a japanese firm, mooncraft umetsu, sells a wind tunnel-honed kit for the Prius that takes efficiency to the next level. The important thing? People are paying to make their vehicles more efficient.
Up to $40,000 more efficient, in this case. This is LincVolt, Neil Young’s 1959 Lincoln convertible that likely struggled to get 10 mpg when new.
But thanks to a modern, diesel-electric powertrain conversion — it’ll do about 100mpg — and has been entered in the Automotive X-Prize competition.
My electricity bill gave me a great idea:
But what about eco-modding vehicle software? The number of electric components in modern cars has increased by 50% in the last FIVE years alone.
Why not have trip computers that send consumption to a central database? Not to track your movements, but to give you detailed comparisons with people who also own your make/model/year/etc of car.
-would certainly help show people how better - or worse - their driving habits are in regards to fuel efficiency
Second, upgradeability
I see dealerships retrofitting soy-based plastic fenders, more fuel-efficient engines, and the like. I also see individual engines getting certified by the EPA. If a new car costs $30,000, and you're close to paying off your 6-year-old model, why not dump $5000 into it to not only make it significantly greener — but drivable for another five years?
What’s going to make this happen?
Right now, Modifying cars for performance and appearance is a huge business in the US. The Specialty Equipment Market Association’s (SEMA) 7,000 members peg theirs as a $36 billion industry.
I think it’s only a matter of time before the numbers work out so that they will tap Tier 1 and Tier 2 automaker suppliers to handle increased demand for ecological aftermarket parts.
What does this mean?
From the latest SEMA newsletter, John Waraniak, SEMA vice president of vehicle technology, said:
“Successful manufacturers will rely more on flexible global platforms and the aftermarket to reach new markets and quickly address fragmenting market segments with increased personalization and lower costs”
In other words: You make the cars, we’ll make them to people’s tastes and save you money at the same time.
Out of increased demand for aftermarket parts that boost efficiency, I see small, local injection-moulding plants, composite, green plastics plants popping up around the country. Or for high-end or expensive weight reduction kits, moulded, painted carbon fibre factories are possible. A perfect use for skilled auto workers not needed by carmakers.
If you know the make/model/year of car you drive and the colour you want, you could even buy them online and have your new, green, panels shipped to your dealer for fitting.
Don’t forget, the body of a conventionally-constructed car is 40% of a vehicle’s weight.
Cost? For comparison, a whole set of body panels costs for a Smart about $1000 right now.
Even more extreme, some coachbuilders at the turn of the century used fabric liberally for bodypanels, but those cars tended to rot. The BMW GINA, however, utilizes all the benefits of modern fabrics and features active aerodynamics that are built into the structure of the car. Go faster, and the car’s surface changes to better slice through the air.
Cooler? It only takes about two hours to completely skin the car. Don’t forget that very little of a vehicle’s strength is due to its skin.
And, if eco-modding takes off, dealerships would need less space; they’d stock more body panels, engines, and parts than complete cars,
Third: long-term ownership. I see eco-modding and upgradeability making vehicles that people don’t only need to keep longer, but want to keep. According to an article by the Associated Press, Consumers are already starting to see vehicles as long-term investments, and goes on to explain why, with the credit market in shambles, leases no longer allow people to drive a new vehicle for US$200 or $300 a month and repeat the cycle every few years. People are taking better care of their old wheels instead.
In the article, they talk about a family who’s eyeing up a $34,700 Toyota Highlander hybrid. But instead of giving in to the impulse, the family spent about $1,000 last year on car maintenance, including four new tires, a few oil changes and regularly scheduled tuneups.
Quote from the family: \"We're holding on until the bitter end,\" Davies said.
So what now? Auto parts stores such as AutoZone Inc. have seen rising sales. Probably Julio’s auto parts, as well.
Dealers make your money from the service department anyway. So if business shifted from selling new cars to upgrading older ones, you’d still make money on the servicing. But as a result of more shop work, new vehicles would have to be maintained in less time, likely taking lessons from motorsport.
-WRC rally cars can have their clutches changed in about three minutes…
-while Audi’s R8 race car could have the entire rear end of the car — transmission, suspension, bodywork — swapped in four minutes.
In conclusion, I think that the present problems the US auto industry faces — with high energy usage, manufacturing costs, and a dwindling sales market, can be mitigated quickly by these new technologies if the nation realizes that the changes must come from business advances and consumers buying “green” upgrades — not from legislation.
Low-emissions and fuel economy standards are great guidelines, but it may take ten years or more to realize these gains — consider that the average age of vehicles on the roads in the US today is 9 years old and is increasing.
I don’t know if we can afford to wait nearly ten years for everyone to buy newer, greener cars - an absolute eternity considering how rapidly the automotive industry is changing.