The government announced that the city would be zero-carbon, powered entirely by renewable energy, car-free, and produce net-zero waste.

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Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, set up an ambitious programme in 2005 with the long-term aim of becoming a zero-waste, renewably powered enterprise.

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From cellphones to refrigerators, and everything in between, Goal Zero products keep you connected and powered up in any situation.

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As the latest in Goal Zero's portable, solar-powered ecosystem of products, the Switch 8 Solar Recharging Kit can bring back a dead smartphone instantly and replenish your battery in less than three hours.

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Any inflation rate greater than zero means there is too much money chasing too few goods, which means the Fed should not be injecting new high-powered money if it wants to have price stability (zero inflation).

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The Signature Performance model is powered by a 416-horsepower AC synchronous electric motor producing 443 pound-feet of torque between zero and 5, 100 rpm, with a zero-to-60-mph acceleration of 4.4 seconds and a quarter-mile elapsed time of 12.6 seconds.

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