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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

Green Car Congress

Global energy intensity, 1981-2010. Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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World ethanol and biodiesel production, 1975-2010. Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. Source: Worldwatch Institute. Click to enlarge. billion liters abroad, a 300% increase over 2009.

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Panasonic Strikes Battery Minerals Deal In Canada

CleanTechnica EVs

As this article explains, China’s power over the worlds clean technology advancements and medical progress came to a head in 2010 when it cut off supplies to Japan. Rare earth minerals and other battery materials are crucial for global politics.

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Tracing The Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 2)

CleanTechnica EVs

This article is part of a short series on the history of EVs. The Tesla Roadster Both the compliance cars and the serious cars since 2010 have one big thing in common: they were forced into existence by pressure from the Tesla Roadster. You can find Part 1 here. Like the newer non-compliance EVs, it […].

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High Gear Media and Tesla Motors Announce Automotive Writing Contest; Win a Tour Road Test of the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport

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High Gear Media , the publisher of 75 targeted consumer automotive websites, and Tesla Motors are launching an automotive writing contest to win a tour and test drive of the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport in California. An afternoon to test-drive the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport. The contest remains open for the rest of 2009 or 11:59 PST Dec.

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Nissan Promises EV for 2010

Revenge of the Electric Car

Check out the article: Nissan to launch electric car in Tennessee. Here’s a snippet from the article: A top Nissan official in the U.S. said Monday that Tennessee is one of the first locations where it will sell its new all-electric car after it arrives in late 2010. By Mike Pare for the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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How Toyota sneakily spreads anti-EV propaganda in Japan

Electrek

(The following article was sent to us by a concerned Japanese resident who wishes to remain anonymous.). Back in 2010, Toyota and Tesla jointly worked on a second RAV4 EV project and Toyota had invested $50 million in Tesla, which it sold in 2017 (and which would now be worth $20 billion had they not sold it). Probably not.

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