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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And personally I like better simple solutions. This car was bought in or designed for america! That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. excluding coal power in china. Neutral BloodyHell @ Apr 19th 2009 9:01PM Oi! let me plug this car in right here, oh wait!

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? Why not ake it all the way and spend 1 year of Iraq on retrofitting every home in America with nano solar. ► January (13) What Goes Down, Must Go Up?

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The new plug-in vehicle will be able to exceed highway speed limits, go 100 miles on a charge and recharge in four to eight hours using a 220-volt line, similar to those for clothes dryers, said Mark Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America. Washington, D.C. We think the market is ready. We think the consumers are ready."

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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. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

I took an unexpected trip in the Wayback Machine last week while I was on vacation with the lovely and talented Debra just outside Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park here in America’s most beautiful state, California. But nothing we did could gain the parks any more love or funding. Too few people give a shit about that title. .

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

I took an unexpected trip in the WABAC Machine last week while I was on vacation with the lovely and talented Debra just outside Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park here in America’s most beautiful state, California. But nothing we did could gain the parks any more love or funding. Too few people give a shit about that title. .

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