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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

The cheapest 1992 Subaru Justy was $6,445, and Subaru likely could have squeezed a four-door under the Metro's cost if it hadn't insisted on selling all its U.S.-market Amazingly, the right-side mirror was included at no extra cost on all 1992 Metro models except the gas-mileage-king XFi. Such is the nature of the mighty GM Empire.

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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

Green Car Congress

Between 2012 and 2016, Maersk had been working on field development, slated to have cost $1.5 His assessments are based on regional (OPEC) developments, as production of oil and gas in the so-called cheap oil regions is also under threat. But the current production increases in Nigeria, Iraq and Libya, will most probably be temporary.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. Assuming that this cost increment could be reduced by 50% by 2020, then the additional spending on electric vehicles until 2020 would be about $230 billion. These costs would need to be carried by the consumers or, to the extent that they are subsidised, by governments.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

Cars That Think

Like fighter planes, military drones started cheap, then got expensive. Unlike the fighters, though, they got cheap again. In 1938, a single British Spitfire cost £9,500 to produce, equivalent to about US $1 million today. Like fighter planes, military drones started cheap, then got expensive.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Next ‘Better Place’ Is Australia New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Tesla Motors to Build Battery Packs for Other Car Makers Previous post Group Says European Cap-and-Trade System Reduced Emissions Next post Cutting Costs With Solar Walls From 1 to 25 of 29 Comments 1 2 Next » 1. Oil is the alternative.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Why not ake it all the way and spend 1 year of Iraq on retrofitting every home in America with nano solar.

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