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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

Green Car Congress

Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. Besides Estonia, countries with large oil shale reserves include Australia, Brazil, China and Russia. Ash, as a processing residue, is clean and has several applications in cement production and the construction industry.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased. Smart Meters waste. We also need more power storage in the form of batteries and other technologies to store power when the sun shines and the wind blows. No Fracking. The unit cost of Gas in the UK is 4 times the price of US Gas. –

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources.

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