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When MSNBC is Bashing the Leftists…..
4 hours ago ago from Tarheel Red
In a sign that the shine is wearing off I am beginning to see a change of tone in the selection of stories on some major news outlets. For about 2 years, the only things we saw on such leftist sites as msnbc were stories that painted the liberal agenda. However, in the last few months I have started to see more stories that are less than complimentary of the left. This one included : Automakers are promising that affordable ...
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15 hours ago ago from Hybrid Diesel Electric
The diesel electric hybrid car is a phenomenon that is gaining serious notoriety in Europe, but now Volkswagen is taking this phenomenon one step further and bringing it to the United States by releasing a version of the VW Golf which will be officially unveiled sometime in the latter half of 2009 and intended for the 2010 model year. This is going to be the first American version of a hybrid diesel electric vehicle, making it quite a ...
Related contentPlug-in hybrid costs are still high
13 hours ago ago from Fuel Cell Insider
The National Research Council has released a new report , Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies - Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles , that concludes that the costs of plug-in hybrid electric cars are high and unlikely to decrease drastically in the near future. Subsidies in the tens to hundreds of billions of dollars will be needed if plug-ins are to achieve rapid penetration of the U.S. automotive market. Even with these ...
Related contentNew Study: How Soon Can We Expect Plug-In Hybrid Benefits?
22 hours ago ago from Miss Electric
With GM's Volt and Toyota's Plug-In Prius coming to the market within the next two years, how soon can we expect plug-in hybrids to deliver on their social and ecological benefits? A new study by the National Academy of Sciences projects significant fuel savings and emissions reductions by 2030. Is this soon enough? Some say this is a pessimistic, though realistic scenario . I believe, however, that the study makes some flawed ...
Related contentUS National Research Council Report Finds Plug-in Hybrid Costs Likely to Remain High; Fleet Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emissions Benefits Will Be Modest for Decades
23 hours ago ago from Green Car Congress
NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. Click to enlarge. Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the US National Academy of Sciences and the National ...
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Airlines seek to boost market for biofuels
16 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Airlines seek to boost market for biofuels WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifteen airlines and air cargo carriers said Tuesday they've signed memorandums of understandings that could lead to the purchase of hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel made from either coal or camelina, a weed that's a cousin to canola. The Air Transport Association said airlines from the United States, Canada, Germany and Mexico have signed memorandums with AltAir Fuels LLC ...
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