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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

Last Thursday afternoon your Creative Greenius took yet another step on my journey to employ my professional skills, talents and resources for greater green good and not just to line my own pockets. Click Here to Download a PDF copy of my presentation ). And I loved every minute of all that digging, discovering.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Green Car Congress

Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 37 energy research projects for $151 million in funding through the recently formed Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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Inside The Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

And the work they’re doing brings California’s leading edge fight against global warming right into my neighborhood and into my home. It basically involves doing a “carbon inventory&# of your city and using special software to plug in all the numbers. And that’s where the Green Task Force comes in.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. Washington, D.C. We think the market is ready.

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