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President Obama announces nearly $4B public-private investment in energy upgrades to buildings; $2B government commitment

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President Obama today announced nearly $4 billion in combined federal and private sector energy upgrades to buildings over the next 2 years. Under the ESPC program, new energy efficient equipment is installed at Federal facilities at no up-front cost to the government. —President Obama.

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

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2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit. It is estimated that Russia’s 2007 greenhouse gas emissions were a full 34% below 1990 levels.

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

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Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Do the simple math, Obama (ho,ho) and learn just how stupid thou really art.

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

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At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. On the other hand, the cost of a used transportation battery will be set by the next cheapest form of scalable dispatchable storage such as air pressure storage less the battery recycle value. — AH2 14.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. — jerryd 7. Next: a carbon tax.

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