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Shame and an Energy Smart Culture …

September 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Shame and an Energy Smart Culture …

I have often said that another clear example of a tipping point would come when people would become ashamed of being energy hogs, of pursuing an abusively wasteful energy lifestyle.  When people would not want to leave a light on outside all night out of concern from ‘what the neighbors might say’ … Well, this […]

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Volt to Europe?

September 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Volt to Europe?

The Opel Flextreme is the European variant of the much anticipated Chevy Volt.  While electricity will be the primary source, the Flextreme will have a diesel engine for range extension. This is starting to show the flexibility of the  Chevy E-Flex power-train architecture.  The Volt is to have a gasoline /E85 flex-fuel engine. The Chinese showed […]

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Tags: automobiles