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Romming on Earth (and Sky)

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H ere is an interview with Joe Romm that recently appeared on the the popular radio show Earth and Sky Joseph Romm is author of " The Car and Fuel of the Future ," a 2004 report to the National Commission on Energy Policy. Dr. Romm is an original plug in partner and he participated in the Jan 24th press conference.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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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.

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What Is an Electronic Sackbut?

Cars That Think

All of my friends who are into Renaissance music love the 2004 Coen brothers film The Ladykillers because it contains one of the few modern references to the sackbut. Here’s a recording of one Le Caine composition, “The Sackbut Blues”: Short presentation of the 1948 sackbut: the sackbut blues www.youtube.com What is a sackbut?

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Alstom to lead consortium to build South East Asias first 1000 MW supercritical coal-fired power plant in Malaysia for €1B

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The contract is booked in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2011/2012. The plant is expected to come online in 2015 providing an extra 1000 MW of power to the Malaysian grid. The three 700 MW units, which came into operation in 2004, use Alstom’s coal combustion technology and Alstom’s environmental control systems.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

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UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) Let one hundred flowers bloom" said Vijay Vaitheeswaran recently in San Francisco to promote his book Zoom, The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future. What is possible? What is preferable?

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Proterra beefs up its battery expertise: Q&A CTO Dustin Grace

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Since its founding in 2004, Proterra has grown to become North America’s largest supplier of electric buses. Dustin: There’s no rule book on that one. There’s a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) side of that as well, which we’re currently developing and launching with Dominion Energy next summer.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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prismatic cells—each of them about half the size of a paperback book—or long, flat pouch cells. Under a venture with the motto “From Road to Grid”, Audi is therefore currently working on a concept to convert old batteries into stationary energy stores. The module weighs around 13 kilograms (28.7

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