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USDA awards $5.6M to 220 biofuel producers

Green Car Congress

The Critical Agricultural Materials program supports the development of products that are manufactured from domestically-produced agricultural materials and are of strategic and industrial importance to benefit the economy, defense, and general well-being of the nation. a producer of biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, received $8,655.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C. htm Advocates of the Th!

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

Oh yeah, it’s just coming up with that big up front check in this economy that’s the tough part. And I wasn’t interested in selling solar based on, “Hey it prevents oil,” you know. Well, I’d love to retire to along one of the rivers in New Hampshire where you have a cotton gin. But we take care of everything.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

With our current economy, I guess it’s no longer a secret that politicians and executives running our country are not very good at simple math. Also hopefully by the end of 2011 (when the Model S car is due) our economy has recovered somewhat. It gets worse in a larger vehicle. Maybe throwing more money away is expected.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target.

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