However, if roads are flooded or destroyed, rapid and widescale relief becomes near to impossible.

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If anything, widescale implementation of hydrogen cars -- along with the necessary infrastructure to support them -- could actually boost CO2 emissions.

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That means the release of NT 5.0 will be too close to the year 2000 -- and its attendant problems -- to enjoy widescale adoption.

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