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California Headed Toward “Worst Drought Ever Recorded”; Governor Declares State Of Emergency

Green Car Congress

More than a million acres (4,000 square kilometers) of farmland may be idled as a result of the restrictions, and UC Davis economist Richard Howitt has estimated that the San Joaquin Valley alone will suffer a loss of approximately 70,000 jobs and US$2 billion in economic activity this year as a result of restrictions on agricultural water.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). The average British driver comes sixteenth in the list with 158g/km (eg. VW Passat). Fiat/ 2/ 138.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Other than the good news on oil consumption, very little was said in regards to transportation fuels. The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China. As an investor, I’m not choosing sides, and the good news is the whole world will win with the innovation it will drive. Neil Auerbach.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. See CalCars-News Archive for updates.

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Will the scrappage extension do any good? The Green Piece

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That was the damning verdict of Andrew Davis, director of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) as he deemed the extension to be “environmentally short-sighted” (see article ). Tags: Latest news The Green Piece clean green cars ETA green piece scrappage scheme smmt. So does he have a point? Missed opportunities.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In January 2007, CalCars began a project to install Valence batteries in several cars that led to the creation of OEMtek (see above). Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof. Go to Hymotion.com. Green Gears, Inc.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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And so it proved as the subsidy programme helped Ford to its first increase in US vehicles sales since 2007 after it sold 158,838 vehicles in July – a two per cent increase compared to the previous year (see article ). With General Motors and Chrysler also showing signs of modest improvement, all looked rosy.