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

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Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The other byproduct of such conversion is HEAT ( see below for more discussion, as well as other factors that affect energy conversion efficiency), usually dissipated into the environment.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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With the issue of what people will be allowed to drive in the future becoming yet another hot-button political issue, there’s little chance of the bill making it through Congress. This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms.