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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. They had better think seriously about financing solar and wind arrays.

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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 Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Id like to be a fly on the wall when an H2 franchisee asks to put in a hydrogen pump at Chevron. Glad to see the variety & availability of electic commuter cars (vs hybrids & PHEV) is rising. But isnt that what our progressive government is for, to stimulate beneficial technology and break bottlenecks.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built.

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