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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. “There’s a relationship of trust already.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. You lose the flexibility of the hybrid being able to fuel up nearly instantaneously at a gas station, and pay an additional $10k for that loss. — Dan 3.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Washington, D.C. If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. You bet, says SETI pioneer · Grant money in jeopardy as Sims rejects cities proposal · King County deaths more AP LOCAL HEADLINES · First stimulus highway project starts in Wash. ·

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