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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 Or an RPS program that is non-voluntary with a common goal and timing objective such as those found in China, Germany or France? Even with the implementation of the smart grid it seems unlikely that we will all be able to buy our power from West Virginia.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Most people would have bought a new car years ago, but I didn’t because nothing worth buying was on the market. I would buy a Volt for $40K. — Ken Smith 4.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? " This time Buffett asked another trusted partner, David Sokol, chairman of a Berkshire-owned utility company called MidAmerican Energy, to travel to China and take a closer look at BYD. " One more thing reassured him.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA ► January (13) What Goes Down, Must Go Up?

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