Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

President Obama today signed a wide-ranging executive order mandating cuts in greenhouse gas emissions for Federal agencies. The order has operational directives for building and fleet management, electricity generation, water use, waste management and purchasing.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Such cities would become self-contained units, their buildings gleaning energy from the powerful weather systems sweeping across their roofs and feeding it down to homes below and vehicles in the streets. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. — AH2 14.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow). Of course when on a trip the other options would be desirable.

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