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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

For every kJ of chemical energy in the fuel for a spark ignition internal combustion engine, 73 % is sacrificed to chemical and thermal losses. Cash for Clunkers. There are two bills in the US House of Representatives to give people cash for replacing an old, fuel inefficient vehicle with a new, more efficient, one.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

So these retrofits will cost less to drive right away, benefitting public, military, and private fleets, and individual drivers. We’ll add targeted incentives to jump-start this successor to the $4,500 “Cash for Clunkers” program. Payback will come because an electric mile is up to five times cheaper than a petroleum mile.

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