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Al Gore Joins Call for Electric Cars

Plugs and Cars

Buried in Al Gore's challenge today calling for a 100% renewable electric grid within ten years is a call for plug-in electric cars. We could further increase the value and efficiency of a Unified National Grid by helping our struggling auto giants switch to the manufacture of plug-in electric cars.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

Cars That Think

A new systematic review by The Lancet found that “people living in e-waste exposed regions had significantly elevated levels of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants,” and it advocated for “novel cost-effective methods for safe recycling operations … to ensure the health and safety of vulnerable populations.”

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

No pollution, well-to-wheels. “I literally forced her to fill a car with gas just to have the knowledge, skill and horrible experience,” Darell says. “She’s put gasoline into a car twice in her life now.” He’s still driving that car. And with the solar panels, I was driving on sunshine. .

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. CDM Baby, CDM Ruminations on Vegas and NASCAR California Dreamin' ► February (16) Car Sharing and Saving in a Tough Economy Throwing down the gauntlet to Secretary Clinton Weather Does Not Equal Climate The Hub Lab Seeks Revolutionary New Energy Science.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

The good news about electricity as a transportation fuel for cars is finally breaking through to the mainstream. For reasons political and economic, cars and trucks and busses remained tethered to petroleum. While less polluting than petroleum, burning natural gas emits significant carbon. But we find ourselves in 2008.

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