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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

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Liquified hydrogen may be as light as petrol or kerosene, but keeping it at -257C requires much heavier apparatus. The Australian and Japanese are keen on Hydrogen and created a join experiment to generate Hydrogen from Australian Coal and then ship it to Japan for use in cars and industry. As for storage, the story is little better.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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By integrating EVs with renewable energy generation, such as solar or wind power, it becomes possible to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources and create a more sustainable transportation ecosystem. These can include tax credits, rebates, grants, and preferential parking or access to certain areas.

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

Other detail changes from 6th April 2011 include: Drivers of Euro IV diesel cars registered before the 1st January 2006 are currently taxed at the same percentage rate as drivers of cars fitted with a petrol engine. The taxation of these cars will be subject to the 3% uplift for diesel cars from this date. Source: The Energy Saving trust.

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EC awards €1.2B from NER300 “Robin Hood” mechanism for 23 renewable energy projects; 5 advanced biofuel projects targeted for €516.8M

Green Car Congress

billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 million); 6 wind projects (€273.2 The bio-methanol will be produced using biomass torrefaction and entrained flow gasification as new core technologies to deliver a petrol additive for partial replacement of mineral fuel.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If our country is going to spend money like a drunk sailor we should have spent it on building renewable energy power plants like Wind and Geothermal. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. This is what they do and always have done.

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