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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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In China alone, 500 million new vehicles can be expected to jam the roads between now and 2030. around 17 million in the US—China became the top market in 2009), it only requires a 4 percent growth rate to reach that target in fifteen years. Coal still supplies more power in the US than anything else, with natural gas next.

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

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Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. China continues to defy easy classification. The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China. Energy Markets in a State of Change.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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