Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

All the wind farms and solar panels in the world won’t do anything to lower the outflow of hundreds billions of dollars annually or decrease our pump-fueled funding of Islamic fundamentalism unless we build cars that can use that cleaner electricity.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

January 2009 | Conversations The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). The whole roof of the house is solar, so I can plug in all sorts of different kinds of cars. Even the car companies are saying, “Well, no one’s trying to buy our SUVs, so for us to stay in business, we need to have other kinds of cars.&#.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos ). Cost increments for a plug-in hybrid compact vehicle will be 10-20% more than a regular hybrid: $2000-3000 extra for a sedan; $5000 for an SUV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

For instance, they may have solar panels on their roof or could, via their utility, opt for energy from renewable sources. Third, I dont understand why people feel it available in message chatting to speak in a manner they would doubtless not use in personal conversation. Must you say "incredibly idiotic" and "mind numbingly dumb"?

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