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Kick Gas 2008

Revenge of the Electric Car

&# That’s how EV fan Paul Thomas lured us to the sun-scorched Barona Drag Strip to film this year’s Kick Gas Festival. Barona has seen many grudge matches over the years, but this was one we couldn’t miss; the first head to head between electric dragsters and old school gas guzzlers. Michael demanded a rematch.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $1.8M additional funding to further UCSD microgrid project; energy storage, EV charging and V2G services are components

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The return on this investment extends far beyond the San Diego campus. The Commission approved a $1.6-million

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Sapphire Energy and Phillips 66 parter on co-processing of algae crude oil with conventional crude

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San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, Inc., The company’s biofuels platform is one piece of a technology strategy that also includes research and development of fuel cells and solar cells. In 2008, the Company successfully produced 91-octane gasoline from algae that fully conformed to ASTM standards.

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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

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The piece was co-authored by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate and atmospheric scientist V. Available technology such as diesel particulate filters for vehicles and cleaner- burning biomass and solar cookstoves can significantly reduce black carbon emissions. Wallack and Ramanathan. Earlier post.)

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Power from optional solar cells on the roof will be used primarily to cool the car when its parked, but they could also partially recharge the battery. But that kind of acceleration is available only in something called "sport" mode, which uses power from both the battery pack and the gas-powered generator.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Pacific Gas & Electric/Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "Sparky," by EnergyCS, July 2006 (San Francisco County, CA) Contact sxtg@. by Hymotion, July 2007 (Sun Prairie, WI), contact Kelly Simonsen ( full-size photo ) San Diego Gas & Electric , Prius by Green Gears (San Diego, CA) July, 2007.

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PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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Most residents (66%) support the 2006 California law (AB 32) that requires greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). The decline is sharpest among Republicans (57% 2008, 43% today). Air quality.

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