Now his company, Bigelow Aerospace, has a plan to make space stations that are cheap, efficient and available for monthly rental.
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The business worked so well it provided a model for Bigelow Aerospace, founded in 1996: Just like his hotels, Robert Bigelow would make space stations that were cheap, efficient and available for monthly lease.
This ham-stringing of local authorities too often means that decades-old technologies and building standards are used for rebuilding even when more efficient and effective approaches are available.
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The company says methane is the least polluting and most energy efficient of available hydrocarbon fuels.
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"LEDs are the most efficient light source currently available, and are increasingly used in domestic, commercial and automotive applications, " said Mr Russill.
Consumers should see an increase in fuel savings (over the lifetime of their cars) as newer and more fuel-efficient cars become available starting with the 2017 car models.
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Technologies including multi-core processor chips, more efficient power supplies and smart cooling systems are already available.
Its aim would be to make cleaner, more efficient technologies available in developing nations like India and China.
The suite of available engines comprises three small and efficient four-cylinders, including a 1.4-liter, 160-hp turbocharged unit that can be paired with a dual-clutch automatic transmission.
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His improved, more efficient engine powered mines and factories, making coal, tin and copper available at lower prices.
We are providing the most efficient and technologically advanced fuels, including some biofuel blends which are not currently available on our forecourts.
More likely, however, the U.S. savings gap (one of Roach's big scare points) is part of a larger economic or data phenomenon that no one has quite figured out. (Our bullish columnist David Malpass seems ahead on points.) America's growth engine keeps going because lots of capital is available, and at least some of it is being put to more efficient use.
Since gas-fired generation is about the most scalable, efficient, flexible, clean and (on a large scale) lowish-carbon form of electricity available, it is going to prove economically and politically attractive.
Both Mr Merton and Mr Scholes adhered to the efficient-market hypothesis that the prices of financial assets always affect all available information.
There is a strong case to be made that for certain goods and services, cutting out the middle man and providing direct public support is the most efficient, least likely to be captured, method we have available.
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