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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them. — Tony 11. I miss my EV1.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. While utilities such as E.ON

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society? — Larry 4.

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