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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Bipartisan sanity? Bills re plug-in hybrids …
June 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bipartisan sanity? Bills re plug-in hybrids …
Tags: automobiles · hybrid · PHEV
Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …
April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …
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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Plugging-in to a better tomorrow?
April 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Plugging-in to a better tomorrow?
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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