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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis. And what it takes is a week of reviewing the six hours of taped presentations and all the PowerPoints and related links from the April 29 California Energy Commission’s AB 811 Staff Workshop. I choose to do what it takes.

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

The quickest and most effective way to make that happen today is to green the current grid, house-by-house, by installing rooftop solar energy systems that feed clean, renewable power into the grid the second they’re switched on. Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it? Oh yeah - none of has any money.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

“We are trying to be proactive about how to make sure that the transformers that serve these homes and neighborhoods are robust enough,” said Doug Kim, an executive at Southern California Edison, which serves Los Angeles. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - 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. Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Law of conservation of energy) — Eric 25.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - 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. I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. ’s power generation, he said.

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. That’s why they have authorized over $7 billion bucks in energy efficiency and clean energy programs for the USA. Imagine that.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Written by Josie Garthwaite 9 Comments Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:00 am in Automotive Before unveiling the concept version of its Model S sedan, an $57,400 electric car that Tesla Motors wants to build using loans from the Department of Energy, the startup said the Model S battery would be designed to handle rapid charging.