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New $20M XPRIZE tackles conversion of CO2 into products

Green Car Congress

Co-sponsored by NRG and COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance), the 4-½ year competition will include two tracks, with the new technologies tested at either a coal power plant or a natural gas facility.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The availability of high current charging power is not important. Digg StumbleUpon Facebook MindBodyGreen Hugg Care2 BlinkList Newsvine reddit Furl Tailrank Ma.gnolia Google Bookmarks Yahoo! But besides that, the only electronics potentially benefiting from THIS breakthrough are RCs and household rechargeable batteries.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Tax credit incentives are also available to consumers in the U.S. The Chevy Volt actually sounds like the logical bridge until all day range or quick charging becomes available. market b y the end of 2009. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases. Simmons ; "Hot, Flat & Crowded by Thomas L.

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Satellite Imagery for Everyone

Cars That Think

These underwater sand dunes adorn the seafloor between Andros Island and the Exuma islands in the Bahamas. Most of this kind of data is made available for free by the U.S. Finally, several government programs have made optical data available at 10-, 15-, 30-, and 250-meter resolutions for free with open data programs.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Agassi’s Davos Insights Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities. Then we are done!

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