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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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If just one out of five urban residents in Europe permanently changed from driving to cycling, emissions from automobiles would be cut by 8 percent, the study reports. Owning a reliable automobile has long been one of the only successful means of getting out of poverty. For instance, recent U.S.

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

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It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. The car is expected to cost around $40,000. Never again.

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