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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

Green Car Congress

Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and. The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

dollars (or other currencies, as Amazon is a global business) on demand. This would be an advantage for international consumers who wanted to avoid exchange-rate risk. Part of the pitch for a private digital currency could be offering people in these communities access to cheap, secure financial services.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. February 17, 2009 2:31 pm Link CGC (#18 and #21), You make an error in not delving into the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE) and that of power generation.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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