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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

Green Car Congress

Venezuela, an OPEC member, has even proposed an emergency summit meeting. and China markets, while the Russian Finance Ministry recently backed away from a tax proposal which Russian crude producers said would reduce their output. Their suffering has led some to call for a change in strategy to “balance” the market and boost prices.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

The cost of grid management has soared to nearly £2billion a year in the last two decades. And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs.

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Electric cars to account for 64 per cent of car sales by 2030

Green Cars News

It is the first study to forecast the adoption rates of electric vehicles with pay-per-mile service contracts that finance the cost of the battery. Pay-per-mile service contracts eliminate the additional upfront costs traditionally associated with electric cars. light-vehicle fleet by 2030. dependence on foreign oil an achievable goal.