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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

The Truth About Cars

Sand Job” takes the presenters to the remote and little-viewed country of Mauritania, located in the northeast corner of Africa southwest of Algeria. But their mobile fuel tanker (moving set piece) drives right through the barrier like a maniac, and encounters nary a mine.& If you’re not about that, turn back now.)

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our transportation system today is about 98 and a half percent based on burning fossil fuels." It will also look at other places, such as garages, gyms, movie theaters and museums, to ease consumer concerns about running out of juice, he said. Washington, D.C.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. Reductions in Emissions. in 2100—the equivalent of US$40 trillion a year.