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Transportation

Parallel Systems is Revolutionizing Freight Transportation

By shifting some of the nation’s existing freight to electric rail, Parallel’s next-generation connected fleet can help address a number of pressing issues in the country ranging from the current supply-labor crunch of professional truck drivers to rampant congestion in busy American highways and ports.

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Energy

Could Outer Space be the Key to Expanding our Supply of Rare Metals?

Just as the original space race was a muscular assertion of the supremacy of American enterprise and industry, this new space resource scramble is motivated by the need to reduce reliance on our totalitarian adversaries. We were first to the moon to show the world that socialism is not the way. Now, we could be first to mine the stars, to put cleaner cars on our roads. 

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