Two, they can substitute grid-based power with self-generated power, i.e. power produced onsite using solar panels, fuel cells or whatever that never flows through the grid.
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In another exciting development, researchers at Georgia Tech have developed a self-charging power cell that's able to directly convert mechanical energy into chemical energy, making it possible to harvest up to five times more energy from footsteps.
But however self-seeking and power-hungry Mr Thaksin may be, the red-shirt movement now dwarfs his individual ambition.
As powerful as these suggestions are, understand that change will only come with self-recognition, the power to see unto yourself.
His belief in self-determination and the power of original ideas has not stopped Mr Tawah from hoping to pass his fortune and business onto his children.
The good news is that, as with any self-inflicted wound, the power is in our hands to change course.
Once these heedful communities are downwind of a flock of rotting seagulls they might equitably enjoy the self-righteousness of disdaining nuclear power.
This project is an important part of the National Urban League mission: to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
It enabled young people to believe in the power of self-expression and understanding at a time when society in Northern Ireland was tearing itself apart.
It has given new inspiration to the power of self-help in both races by making labor more honorable to the one and more necessary to the other.
Economists are notorious for emphasizing the positive power of self-interest.
Rather it was to draw attention to the extraordinary and improbable power of self-interest: this stunted, inward-looking trait is transformed, through spontaneous social co-operation, into a force for the common good.
The personal income of each member of the management team, from board members to middle-level managers, is limited to their salary, incentive bonus and stock dividends provided by the company, with policies to ensure that no one in the company abuses their power for self-serving purposes.
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Given there are thousands of self-published authors on the Kindle, this does emphasise that self-publishing is just as much of a power law venture as any other, with the majority of the earnings going to a minority of authors.
Europe is moving beyond power into a self-contained world of laws and rules and transnational negotiation and cooperation.
That outraged residents who questioned why regulators rely on nuclear power companies to self-report safety problems in the first place.
In recent decades the country has seen a relentless growth in the numbers, power and political self-confidence of its ultra-Orthodox citizens.
China's self-image as a responsible great power was also on show, however, with a large new hospital ship, useful for humanitarian missions.
He also has the power to lift his self-imposed moratorium on transfers to Yemen.
Inherently social organizations use the power of mission and self-organizing over top-down management principles governing large-scale initiatives of the past.
And for my children, those connections mean virtually nothing because cars hardly count as the potent symbols of power, maturity and self-reliance they represented half a century ago.
Opposition parties support reforms in principle, but have little incentive to make life easy for a president whose party opposed those self-same reforms when they were in power.
And together, we showed the world the power and resilience of American self-government.
Passion can power a campaign, but self-righteousness can also cripple it.
Notwithstanding the determined and persistent efforts by shareholder advocates and corporate governance watchdogs, most shareholders act sheepishly in the face of the self-appointed board members and executives who monopolize power.
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How many self-important people are there in positions of power, restrained by ethics or decorum from telling us all what they really think, and only a few keystrokes away from doing so?
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Since it was self-defense, we don't have the power to hold her.
From pedal-powered computers on bicycles, to self-powered soldiers in militaries, Raaijen predicted human power would be developed widely in coming years.
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