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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. These demonstrations were part of a larger NASA and. That choice was, in part, driven by the simple fact that efficient microwave transmitting and receiving equipment was readily available.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

The report concluded that “ damage from climate change, perhaps immense damage, is likely to be part of the Australian reality of the 21 st century and beyond.” Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases.

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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. Instead, the focus over the coming years will apparently be on including the vehicle’s battery as part of a local home or office area network. The best part?

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That… may take some doing on GMs part. April 18, 2009 5:03 pm Link Does NYT’s own part stock in soon to be defunk GM ? I see the second point as easily over-riding the first unless GM can get back to the point where people EXPECT them, as a company, to survive as a matter of course. — Sean 13.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Range is another issue if electric cars are expected to be adopted by the average American and not just used as city cars.

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