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Charles Krauthammer’s The Tax-Free Lunch shows again the Washington Post’s willingness to publish fact-free OpEds.  Like Andrew Ferguson’s fact-free attack on Al Gore (and the Post’s lack of apology for publishing this trash), Krauthammer takes great liberty with reality, speaking commonly known urban legends, to confuse rather than enlighten. Let’s take a look at Krauthammer’s […]

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Perhaps we need to rub our eyes, but it looks like there are outbreaks of bipartisan sanity emerging on energy issues.  A just introduced bill to promote plug-in hybrids is a poster child of sane policy concepts. From co-sponsor Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): “With the rapid industrialization of countries like India and China, the demand for […]

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Around the globe, there seems to be a renaissance in automobile design with (I hope, with fingers crossed) ever more attention to energy efficiency and environmental responsibility along with pure stylistic beauty.  The Loremo (Low Resistance, Mobile) is one of those highly efficient beautiful vehicles that we can hope (cross your fingers too) will start […]

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The automobile industry is investing “way north” of one million dollars to gin up grass roots opposition to the Senate proposals for moving automobile fuel standards to 35 miles by 2020. As per the Detroit News Despite rising gas prices and a growing concern about climate change, the auto industry is going on the offensive […]

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Power storage is a key challenge for many paths forward to a better energy future. Whether finding a power storage system as efficient as gasoline or a path for cost-effectively storing intermittent power to enable renewable sources like wind and solar to pick up baseload power requirements, storage is a real challenge.  And, for hybrids/plug-in […]

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Today, Wired‘s Autopia published Plug-In Hybrids Weaken the Case for Hydrogen Vehicles.  It opens The U.S. DOE continues to fund hydrogen research, a long term proposition that could be mute if plug-in hybrids become commercially successful. Is this right? Are plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEVs) likely to make hydrogen OBE (overtaken by events)?

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Chevy is tantalizing those of us who wish for a better energy future dominated by American technology, American workers, and a stronger American  economy.  The Chevy VOLT concept for a stylish, plug-in hybrid, would transform the automobile market while leaping the nation forward in our ability to reduce our dependence on (imported) oil. 

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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) are looking ever more clearly to be part of the near term energy future. As per CalCars, “PHEVs are like regular hybrids but with larger batteries and the ability to re-charge from a standard outlet (mostly at night). They’re the best of both worlds: local travel is electric, and you […]

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