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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

Green Car Congress

the global gasoline market will reach an estimated 375 billion gallons per year (BGPY) in 2021, while demand for diesel in ground transportation markets will reach at least 427 BGPY. Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. A doubling of current biofuels production (an estimated 29.4

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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mpg by 2016. The automotive industry is living proof that private companies will rarely change their behaviors without a significant stimulus to that change, and furthermore one that needs to be mandated. In contrast, imagine the public outcry if the cost of gasoline varied from $3.00 Power plant capital costs. Source: EIA.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

Green Car Congress

Pike Research estimates that the global gasoline market will reach an estimated 375 billion gallons per year (BGPY) in 2021. Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. Cellulosic biofuels progress likely to disappoint through 2015/2016, leading to the further.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016. In addition to the California funds there is federal stimulus money, $41 million by mid-April, being doled out to their projects, many of zero environmental benefit.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

Electric cars, though, could “provide a significant reduction in fuel usage, greenhouse gas emissions, noise, and local air pollution compared to conventional gasoline-powered vehicles,” according to the electric vehicle study. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. If by 2015, 2.5 roads by 2015 and has provided $2.4