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Norweign Drivers switch to Electric Cars

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Some are still not yet sure to make a plunge in purchase. In comparison with Norway, a country that is considered to be an unofficial leader in Electric Vehicles, around 40 percent of vehicles sold are electric vehicles and there are thousands of drivers who are on a waiting list to purchase the latest electric vehicles.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The Current Policies Scenario assumes no new policies are added to those in place as of mid-2011, and is used as a basis for comparison with the New POlicies Scenario. Short-term pressures on oil markets are easing with the economic slowdown and the expected return of Libyan supply. Click to enlarge. Electric vehicles. —WEO 2011.

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