Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Transportation, which today relies almost exclusively on oil, accounts for nearly 30% of US energy demand. Coal accounts for about half the electricity produced in the US. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge. Damages from motor vehicles and fuels.

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2005 Cost Of Energy Coal 246

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

They deliberately suppressed and illegally covered up the EPA’s 2007 ENDANGERMENT FINDING that said the government should begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions because global warming posed serious risks to the country. Stop pretending and sticking your head in the sand – you’re only exposing a large target when you do that.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 Carbon 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy!

Grid 28

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective. It is 12 years later. GM would only lease them.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41