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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

“Electric cars will not save the climate. As electricity increasingly comes from renewables, total electric vehicle GHG emissions will continue downward, but that will take at least a decade or more to happen everywhere across the U.S. If Birol were from Maine, he might have simply observed , “You can’t get there from here.”

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Companies can not sell engineering prototypes in which the company got R&D tax breaks in developing the product. Additionally, I had a close frind out in California that just about creamed in his pants when he was able to lease one. Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles.

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