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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

The electricity usage for the 1,42,054 onshore wells that supply oil to India is over 1,415 GWh a month! Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. Enough to drive an EV for 6.8

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Electric cars in the garages would double as battery packs for when energy supplies are scarce. Cheers — Al Louard 11. and tap clean, renewable energy sources.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production.

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