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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. 100% for some agricultural processes.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. The car is expected to cost around $40,000.

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