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Shai Agassi: TED – Batteries Not Included
Posted by 2011wd in Batteries, Green Cars, Green Cities, Green Design, Green Sustainable Future, green transportation on August 4, 2009
Cash for Clunkers. It will work and should be expanded
Posted by 2011wd in Green Cars, Green Sustainable Future, green transportation on July 29, 2009
Turns out the 2009 green car of the year doesn’t get 50 mpg. Still tempted to buy but at this point, it may need to be a 2010 model and they are not here yet. We are still hoping to buy something with 50 mpg.
The cash for clunkers seems to be working nicely. Think what this program could do, if mpg is increased by 30%.
http://www.gm.com/cash-for-clunkers/
If U.S. Domestic Fuel Use is cut by 8% each year in four short years we will have reduced our use by 32%. That is an amazing number. Electric vehicles will help to reduce that number even more and they will be coming on strong by then. This is HUGE. Why is it so very important?
Because DEMAND is crushed. What does that do to price? What does that price do to the dollar? What does a strong dollar do?
Conservation becomes JOB 1 for far more reasons than just cleaning up the planet. Conservation makes great economic sense.
The best plan offered to get that all moving in the right direction is the cash for clunkers program. It should be expanded for the next four years.
They said it could not be done. My guess is they will be wrong and in a big way.
If you must go anywhere, walk, ride a bike, take light rail, or just stay at home. If you buy another car or truck, get as many mpg as possible.
At some point soon we may end all shipping of imported product and that will mean a MASSIVE cut in transport waste, energy independence, and a major shift in our annual trade imbalance.
Here is the MAP that MATTERS.
http://move.rmi.org/files/oilmap/RMI_Oil_Imports_Final_large.html
Thanks to http://www.rmi.org/
killa cycle 167 miles per hour in the 1/4. electric power
Posted by 2011wd in Batteries, green transportation on July 26, 2009
Tough speed to beat.
Dan Kammen, Professor, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
Posted by 2011wd in Electric Public Transportation, Favorite People, Green Cars, Green Cities, Green Design, Green Edu., Green Jobs, Green Sustainable Future, green transportation, integrate CAD/BIM/GIS, Master Planning on June 29, 2009
This is an Energy Team that understands the energy demands for both home and highway from a regional level. This regional scope is vital for all future research with regard to integration and potential development areas. This is 1st rate green regional education research that must be matched nationwide, region by region for those seeking fast tracking to a green energy future.
GM Blog. A potential green story. Let’s hear from the workers.
Posted by 2011wd in Green Cars, green transportation on June 11, 2009
What I would like to see is workers designing and building new green cars and trucks. That is the GM Blog I want to be a part of and support.
http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2009/06/im_not_ambivalent_about_ambivalence.html
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