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... engineers discovered new tricks faster than they used up the old ones . ( Economic theory would deny the possibi- lity of so much " low - hanging fruit " that has fallen down and is mushing up around the ankles : such enormous returns ...
... engineers discovered new tricks faster than they used up the old ones . ( Economic theory would deny the possibi- lity of so much " low - hanging fruit " that has fallen down and is mushing up around the ankles : such enormous returns ...
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... engineers ' bottom - up analyses of potential energy savings must be unrealistically high . Economists ' estimates of potential savings at current prices are " top - down " and very small , based on historic price elasticities that ...
... engineers ' bottom - up analyses of potential energy savings must be unrealistically high . Economists ' estimates of potential savings at current prices are " top - down " and very small , based on historic price elasticities that ...
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... Engineers , Warrendale , PA . Stobart , R. K. ( 1999 ) . Fuel cell power for passenger cars - what barriers remain ? SAE Paper No. 1999-01-0321 . Society of Automotive Engineers , Warrendale , PA . Thomas , C. E. , James , B. D. , Lomax ...
... Engineers , Warrendale , PA . Stobart , R. K. ( 1999 ) . Fuel cell power for passenger cars - what barriers remain ? SAE Paper No. 1999-01-0321 . Society of Automotive Engineers , Warrendale , PA . Thomas , C. E. , James , B. D. , Lomax ...
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