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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Sector analysis: Automobiles. The major climate change-related risk for the automobile industry is the potential to be exposed to carbon reduction legislation such as carbon taxes or emissions trading systems which would result in corresponding increases in operating costs, according to the KPMG report.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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In a session on total vehicle energy consumption, several people shared similar pie charts showing the flow of energy within an automobile. Personal mobility redefined. Skalny, Director, US Army TARDEC shared the following insights on fuel usage within the Department of Defense (DOD): Every $10/barrel increase in oil prices adds $1.3

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

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The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline. January 2009 | Conversations The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). But now, gas prices have fallen below $2 in some places.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. will be competing for the same finite supplies of oil and gas. The answer may lie in Silicon Valley.

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Intel Founder: Look to Silicon Valley for Electric Car Development - GoodCleanTech

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In a guest editorial in Fortune , Grove writes that just as how power and efficiency of the internal-combustion engine were at the coreof the development of the automobile, batteries willbe a competitive advantage for the automakers of the future. Comments that contain personal attacks or profanity may be edited or removed. automakers.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

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Then Mr. Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker. Innovation appears to be Mr. Wang’s personal passion. It was started by a chemist and government researcher named Wang Chuan-Fu in 1995 (same year as Yahoo) to make rechargeable batteries, which it learned to do very well.

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