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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

Green Car Congress

Producers in Canada had conceded defeat by 2008 and the US industry was reduced to just one player that would probably not still be around were it not for punitive anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of Chinese magnesium. Then came the rapid ascent of production in China and with it a flood of low-cost magnesium.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. I appreciate big government green initiatives but inherent in that is slow movement and wasteful spending.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of.

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