Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

In 2008, a report by UNEP called for the elimination of fossil-fuel subsidies, concluding that such subsidies often lead to increased levels of consumption and waste; place a heavy burden on government finances; can undermine private and public investment in the energy sector; and do not always end up helping the people who need them most.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. But the average oil price remains high, approaching $120/barrel (in year-2010 dollars) in 2035. Demand for mobility is strongly correlated with incomes and fuel prices. billion, around 20% of the world’s population. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

An (expected) high price tag. The reason theyre starting with high priced sports cars is because aiming at that market is the easiest way for them to fund R&D and scale up production so they can make smaller more practical EVs for the masses. As more renewables come online, battery electrics just keep getting cleaner and greener.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future. Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment. excluding coal power in china. lol BUT everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So much more convenient than having to take time out of my day and go out of my way (wasting more energy) to get a charge elsewhere or do battery swaps. But the batterypack is the most expensive part of the car -- it can cost thousands of dollars and equate to half the vehicle price. Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. But starting to raise immediate finance is more important than determining its exact future size.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. Pricing GHGs will increase the prices consumers pay for greenhouse-gas-intensive products.

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