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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

Coal still supplies more power in the US than anything else, with natural gas next. However, building more coal and gas power plants to make miles for transport is counter-productive if the game plan is to reduce carbon output. It is generous to say that an acre of Iowa can provide 12,500 miles per year at a cost of 10 cents each.

Solar

Solar Miles Gasoline-Electric MPG

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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