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

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Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive. That means we’ll be powering some miles with increasingly renewable electricity that isn't made from imported oil. And it will cost much less than you think.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Free P&P at the Guardian bookshop Sweet Water and Bitter £20.00 "Of that, 58% of the emissions are caused by motor cars." The focus of the strategy, in the first instance, would be on urban transport. Save money and energy when cooking With the new Ecolectric Slow Cooker from Morphy Richards only £34.21 winchester, hampshire.