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EIA: world petroleum use sets record high in 2012 despite declines in North America and Europe

Green Car Congress

The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 Increased consumption in 2010 reflected improving economic conditions. In 2011 and 2012, higher oil prices and increased fuel efficiency of light-duty vehicles contributed to reduced US consumption.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

2006), and you’ll learn that those once-dead electric vehicles (EVs) are now exacting a shocking revenge. Today, EVs are making a comeback, and Paine’s chronicling the EV’s resurrection in his follow-up film, The Revenge of the Electric Car, set to jolt theaters in spring 2010. What happens to an electric car deferred?

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. “A lot of Americans really want to stop using imported oil,&# he says. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. Pricing isn’t set.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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