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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Advertising info Legal disclaimer Accessibility Privacy policy Terms & Conditions Help. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. All rights reserved.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The GridWise smart-grid trial in the Seattle area in 2007 found that consumers lowered their energy use by 10 percent and utilities were able to shave their peak demand by 15 percent. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Video Web 2.0

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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For just a little more than half that amount, we could fund a fifty-fold increase in spending on R&D for the kind of game-changing technological breakthroughs—like smart grids, ultra-efficient batteries or even cheap, manageable fusion—we will need to end our addiction to fossil fuels. Scenario No. 2: Joint Venture (JV).