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californiaWhat FasTrak does not tell you to save Bay Area Tolls

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October 16, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Driving around the San Francisco Bay Area there are tolls for driving in carpool lanes. The signs will say that if you have FasTrak and enough people in your car then you can drive free of tolls on Highway 580 …
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blockchainLA Blockchain Week

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September 14, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Los Angeles’ first Blockchain Week will be on October 19th-25th, 2018. The following conferences and Universities are partnering : Crypto Invest Summit, StartEngine Summit, Women of Crypto, Expert Dojo, UCLA, and USC. They are offering a pass that gives access …
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californiaGermany and California could made a faster move to 100% clean power by adding instead of removing nuclear power

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September 12, 2018 | brian wang |
 
California and Germany could have mostly or completely decarbonized their electricity if they have invested in nuclear power instead of solar and wind renewables. If Germany did not begin a nuclear power phase-out in 2011, then they would still have …
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agricultureAustralia and Water Innovation

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September 11, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an independent Australian federal government agency responsible for scientific research. CSIRO works with leading organizations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO maintains more than 50 sites across Australia …
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californiaCalifornia requiring 100% clean energy by 2045 will cost about $350+ billion in energy storage

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August 30, 2018 | brian wang |
 
California has approved legislation requiring 100% clean energy by 2045. On Tuesday, the Assembly voted 43-32 in favor of the bill, which had been introduced by Sen. Kevin de León. Senate Bill 100 will now return to the state Senate, …
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californiaCalifornia needs to fight Wildfire with fire and stop building houses in the forests

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August 1, 2018 | brian wang |
 
Battalion chief with Cal Fire Jonathan Cox said the rise in the number of wildfires over the last several years has been “the new normal” in California. There have been larger and more destructive fires year over year. It is …
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californiaCalifornia is lying now because they actually defined high-speed rail in 2008

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July 31, 2018 | brian wang |
 
In 2008 an original bond measure approved the California High-Speed rail project. The measure was full of lies about costs. There was a strict guarantee that the California high-speed rail measure included in 2008. Maximum non-stop time for San Francisco-Los …
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californiaTexas could have a higher population than California in 2045

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July 15, 2018 | brian wang |
 
California had a massive drop in projected population since a reforecast in 2014 and the forecasted future population in Texas has been increasing. The newest combined estimates are that Texas could have more people than California by 2045. If Texas …
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californiaCalifornia requires solar power on all new homes starting in 2020

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May 10, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
California has voted to require solar panels on new homes and low-rise apartment buildings built after 2020. The California Energy Commission estimates they would add an average $10,500 in construction costs for a single-family home but generate about $16,000 in …
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californiaCalifornia would be 5th largest economy and Texas 11th compared to national GDP

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May 5, 2018 | brian wang |
 
The Bureau of Economic Analysis indicates that California had GDP growth of 3.4% and Texas had GDP growth of 5.2%. At the end of 2017, California had a GDP of $2.80 trillion and Texas had a GDP of 1.75 trillion. …
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