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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

In an article “Falling thirst for Fuel Leaves Ethanol Enthusiasts with a Hangover” published on 4 May 2009, The Wall Street Journal summarized three of the challenges traditional corn ethanol faces today. Financing challenges. All of this makes for a very difficult time to get financing for a new facility. The ethanol market.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The current status of my case with Torrance is, the day the article came out (on April 28, 2009) I got a call from the Planning Dept. He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance. THE HOLY GRAIL OF SOLAR: $3 A WATT, CHEAPER THAN COAL. He was a geek.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

My new solar system only needs to be 2 kilowatts now instead of 4 – which is good because solar’s still too damn expensive and the process for putting AB 811 financing in place is taking too damn long, (and that’s another Greenius post that I’m still working on). The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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IISD Releases Five-Part Series of Reports on Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Green Car Congress

The International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Geneva-based Global Subsidies Initiative ( GSI ) has issued a five-part series of reports into how nations might remove fossil-fuel subsidies, on the eve of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Washington this week. The Politics of Fossil-Fuel Subsidies (Victor, 2009).

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