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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol , Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated. Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. “Electric cars will not save the climate. For the U.S.

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

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billion in Department of Energy loans to develop new fuel-efficient vehicles, including the Volt. I still believe that the first automaker to create a diversity of hybrids will become king, while we wait for energy generation, distribution and costs to come down. We are addicted to the gasoline tax both at the State and Federal level.

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