Plus, many coal utilities are actively switching to natural gas, so e-vehicles are essentially getting cleaner.

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The XO comes with a word processor, PDF viewer, Firefox web browser, media player, drawing tools plus the usual set of utilities.

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That sort of thinking prompted him to peek outside the world of feeders and make a bid for Pennsylvania Crusher, a Broomall, Pennsylvania maker of coal-crunching machines sold to big utilities, with 80%-plus of that market.

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