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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

The good news is that it has electronic fuel injection and an overhead camshaft. Even better news during a time of recession in California (which is where I found this car) is the fuel economy it delivered with a five-speed manual transmission: 40 miles per gallon on the highway, 38 miles per gallon in the city.

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

Green Car Congress

The skepticism shown by a majority of financial analysts and oil commentators about the real threat to global oil (and gas) production volumes was countered by the news that the production at Saudi Aramco’s main offshore oil field, Manifa, has been hit by technical problems. Qatar’s remaining fields are experiencing similar threats.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I liken electric grid and renewable to the economic and political and military fiasco of the Iraq war. So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. Alternative is no longer an alternative. Oil is the alternative.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Maybe Im too hippie/spartan for this brave new labor reduced world? In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle.

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