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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Aren’t we just exchanging one nonrenewable resource for another? I liken electric grid and renewable to the economic and political and military fiasco of the Iraq war. Oil is the alternative. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? There are only 3 or 4 countries with lithium.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. Why not ake it all the way and spend 1 year of Iraq on retrofitting every home in America with nano solar. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy!

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