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Lessons from a year with solar power

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After moving to Octopus Energy we moved to the then Beta version of Octopus Go and this is the killer app for solar and battery power. . With Octopus Go we receive low cost power between 00:30 and 04:30 every day. Apparently in total this equates to a saving of 715 KG of coal burning and a saving of 1.8 Octopus Go.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"Were encouraged by the improvements in the technology represented by hybrid batteries today," Savagian says. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said. Marketwatch ). Detroit News ).

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. If our country is going to spend money like a drunk sailor we should have spent it on building renewable energy power plants like Wind and Geothermal. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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