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The Road to Independence

Plug In Partners

The Road to Independence Sunday, July 2, 2006 PATRICK MAZZA AND RICH FELDMAN Guest Columnist An economic earthquake is poised to shake the globe. By preparing now for a future of scarce world oil supplies, we can build an economy with a more resilient foundation for jobs and prosperity.

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NYT Editorial

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Editorial Trying to Find the Road Ahead Published: January 24, 2006 W ith its bonds downgraded to junk and its market share on the ropes, Detroit's auto industry almost looks to be in a free fall. With the global oil market operating at close to zero excess capacity, oil prices are not coming down anytime soon.

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Startup Siluria Technologies developing novel bio-templated catalysts for economic direct conversion of methane to ethylene; potential for transportation fuels

Green Car Congress

Siluria was one of the highlighted companies at last week’s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, DC. You go a mixture of 8 to 10, that’s gasoline, you go a mixture of 16 to 20, that’s diesel, you go a million it becomes polyethylene, you go 50 mil it becomes Kevlar and so on and so forth.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

“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. Oil vs. electrons. But Ghosn thinks rising oil prices will tilt the economics in favor of electrons.

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