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DIY-HP-LED

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Will EVs Ruin The Midwest Economy?
142,243 views Sep 4, 2022 After manufacturing's 40-year cycle of decline in the U.S., officials in Washington are trying to bring it back. This move could be a boom or bust for huge swaths of the American Midwest. This region once dominated the auto industry before rising global trade and automation sent domestic manufacturing employment into a tailspin. U.S. leaders hope that new laws such as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will help businesses create the green manufacturing jobs of the future.

Researchers believe modern factory jobs will require more education and could be less available than they were in the past. They estimate that electric vehicles could require 30% less manufacturing labor when compared with conventional cars. "The lines that run to drive oil or gas around an internal combustion engine aren't going to be there," said Cooley.

Leaders in Washington hope two key pieces of legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act, which were signed into law by President Joe Biden in August, will provide a bridge to that future. These laws authorize billions in incentives for businesses that pursue clean energy manufacturing.

Watch the video to learn more about how the electric vehicle revolution will impact the economies of states across the U.S. Midwest.
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
yeah, well, you get to work on that kuiper interdimensional engine, and i'll start building a ship to install it in...
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I’m sliding this into a more suitable thread. Energy sources will be what we need. Tiny black holes are good at generating it. Even wild ones can convert a sizable fraction of infalling matter into pure sweet photon.
The rest is engineering.
 

DIY-HP-LED

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I’m sliding this into a more suitable thread. Energy sources will be what we need. Tiny black holes are good at generating it. Even wild ones can convert a sizable fraction of infalling matter into pure sweet photon.
The rest is engineering.
I'm generally an optimist, but harnessing singularities and black holes will require more than some engineering! Getting to one might be an issue and getting too close would be a bigger one! :o
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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I’m sliding this into a more suitable thread. Energy sources will be what we need. Tiny black holes are good at generating it. Even wild ones can convert a sizable fraction of infalling matter into pure sweet photon.
The rest is engineering.
sounds good, just remember i'm building the ship out of paper, so we can't get it wet...but as long as we stay away from the ice pirates, we should be good, right?
 

schuylaar

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I’m sliding this into a more suitable thread. Energy sources will be what we need. Tiny black holes are good at generating it. Even wild ones can convert a sizable fraction of infalling matter into pure sweet photon.
The rest is engineering.


And magnets.
 
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