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Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

I’m talking about people like Al Gore , Bill McKibben , James Hansen , Michael Brune , Michael Mann , Joe Romm , former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and the others around the world whose names are unknown, whose stories are yet untold, whose work is the most sincere and meaningful form of patriotism our nation knows.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. (By I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

Creative Greenius

And it’s why I’ve been writing about California’s AB 811 since September of 2008. AB 811 allows cities and counties to form special assessment districts for the purpose of giving property owners loans to pay for solar PV systems and other energy efficient improvements.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

Greenius will work for the rest of America, even the little brain people who aren’t sure if climate change is man-made or not and probably even the Stepford brainwashed pod people who think Al Gore is a bad man.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

But we find ourselves in 2008. Tags: joe romm pickens plan t boone pickens al gore cng. Had national and economic security trumped the power of oil and auto companies, a large percentage of cars would run today on cleaner, cheaper, domestic natural gas. Natural gas, like petroleum, is not forever.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Yale George Mason Survey: US Publics Concern About Global Warming Dropping

Green Car Congress

Public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008, according to the results of a national survey released today by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The survey found: Only 50% of Americans now say they are “somewhat” or “very worried” about global warming, a 13-point decrease.

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