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A November 2021 study conducted by the National Association of Realtors found that in 27 metropolitan areas with the biggest pandemic declines in office occupancy, 22 had market conditions that favored conversions, such as higher apartment rents compared with office space. If 20 percent of the vacant office space in those markets was converted to residences, it would add 43,500 new housing units across the United States.

How to Make Office-to-Residential Conversions Work - Urban Land Magazine

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Within a few years, HIV transmission rates via syringes — one the biggest arguments for decriminalization — had plummeted. From 2000 to 2008, prison populations fell by 16.5 percent. Overdose rates dropped as public funds flowed from jails to rehabilitation. There was no evidence of a feared surge in use.

Once Hailed for Decriminalizing Drugs, Portugal Is Now Having Doubts

Anthony Faiola and Catarina Fernandes Martins

For hydrogen to be completely green, it must be produced by electrolyzing water, which splits this into the H2 and O that it is made of. You can produce H2 from fossil fuels (usually methane), but this creates either “grey” hydrogen (which still produces lots of CO2) or “blue” hydrogen (which captures 90% of the CO2 and stores it, merely delaying the problem). Only electrolyzing hydrogen from water using electricity generated from renewable sources makes the fuel entirely green.

Why Are We Still Talking About Hydrogen?

James Morris

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