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Report: Natural gas could replace coal

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According to a major new interim report from MIT, natural gas has a leading role to play in reducing harmful emissions primarily by replacing old, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined cycle gas generation. Indeed [.].

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New study: US could store more than 50 years worth of CO2

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The US has enough capacity to store at least a century’s worth of its carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power stations in underground saline aquifers, according to new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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California Air Resources Board wants fuel cell funding

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This is despite the fact that Chu, in an interview with MIT Technology Review, stated that “four miracles&# would be required for fuel cells to become viable: relating to their durability and cost; production; storage; and distribution infrastructure. million miles in real world testing. Leave a comment below with your thoughts.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). Marketwatch ). Kwong asked.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

that car was missing precisely what the Volt (and any other would-be electric car under consideration today) is missing -- an appropriate battery technology that provides decent power within a decent weight and space constraint at anything approaching a decent price. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. Interesting in any case.

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