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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

Green Car Congress

Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production. The decision also fits with our overall strategy.

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Greenius Will Meet With Al Gore To Talk Climate Reality

Creative Greenius

From Washington DC as I return from an LED lighting retrofit at the giraffe house in the Maryland Zoo , a project site visit to the waterways of Maryland’s oyster restoration efforts , and meetings with elected officials, nonprofit organizations and potential EcoMedia advertisers. . First staff job I’ve had since 1982.

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Greenius Will Meet With Al Gore To Talk Climate Reality

Creative Greenius

From Washington DC as I return from an LED lighting retrofit at the giraffe house in the Maryland Zoo , a project site visit to the waterways of Maryland’s oyster restoration efforts , and meetings with elected officials, nonprofit organizations and potential EcoMedia advertisers. . First staff job I’ve had since 1982.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. The panels generate DC current that varies with the solar power. Tons of CO2. . Sources: Solar installation: Contract Solar.

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Building the heater

Honda S2000 EV Conversion

I figured if all that heat was on the outside it was wasted energy especially while driving if air was passing over the heater. I purchased this ceramic heater from Kmart for $30. First I purchased a $20 heater which was not ceramic and just used five coils of wire. Here is a shot of the heater core itself.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I heard that you can change zones 3 times and then you have to purchase another car. Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment. Thas why this dingy ole thing wont work on regular plugs ere in britan! The "normal plug" idea doesnt neccessarily work dude.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths.

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