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Brookings analysts recommend against repeating cash for clunkers program in future recession

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However, the cost of CO 2 reduced was comparable or lower than that achieved through less cost-effective policies such as the tax subsidy for electric vehicles, the analysis concluded. The small increase in employment came at a far higher implied cost per job created ($1.4 miles per gallon (9.4 l/100 km), compared to the 15.8

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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mpg by 2016. The automotive industry is living proof that private companies will rarely change their behaviors without a significant stimulus to that change, and furthermore one that needs to be mandated. Power plant capital costs. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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However, its overall merits are open for debate after a study by UC Davis transportation economist Christopher Knittel questioned the implied costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. His analysis found that the programme is paying nearly 10 times the projected price of carbon credits per ton in the best-case scenario.

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Study finds solo hybrid drivers in California HOV lanes amplify congestion, create up to $4,500 per car in adverse social costs annually

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Between August 2005 and June 2011, California law allowed owners of hybrid vehicles achieving at least 45 mpg (5.2 However, two-thirds of the sticker registrants had hybrid cars already on the road, the authors noted; in other words, the stimulus effect was lower than expected.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

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My Honda Civic averages 34+ MPG over a year period. The thing that bothers me the most about Tesla is not the range or cost of driving an EV. It’s that Elon Musk might risk $350 million US taxpayer dollars on something that will end up costing consumers more money. With a 55KWH battery, range is only 157 miles.