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T&E study finds EU has replaced Russian oil barrel-for-barrel as continent fails to cut demand

Green Car Congress

Since the EU imposed sanctions on Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, there has been a redrawing of the global oil map, a new study by Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. Norway and Saudi Arabia followed closely. In not much more than a year, the EU has redrawn the oil map.

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What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

Cars That Think

Powered by electricity, they can “pump” heat from the environment at a colder temperature into a building at a warmer temperature. The European countries where heat pumps are most used are some of the coldest, including Norway, Sweden, and Finland, where more than 40 percent of homes use heat pumps.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. April 10, 2009 10:09 am Link It amazes me that in the vast debate about electric cars world wide including here in Norway, no one ever mention the fact that the batteries in such cars need replacement in no more than five years.

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EV special III / Opinion / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

With very few moving parts, there is little that can break, so maintenance is infrequent and cheap. Has their open letter of last March 25th to spatial planning and environment minister Ms Jacqueline Cramer already sorted an effect? In Norway EVs are allowed on bus lanes and there is no VAT on EVs. But they havent yet.

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