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Politically inconvenient truth about electric cars By Paul Betts and Song Jung-a Published: December 11 2008 19:24 | Last updated: December 11 2008 19:24 President Nicolas Sarkozy would dearly like to end France’s rotating presidency of the European Union on a high note by brokering this week a deal on a grand European response to global warming and energy efficiency. The ultimate plan is to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent with member states at the same time drawing their future energy needs from clean renewable sources by the same percentage amount. Under the circumstances, it is no surprise that the automobile industry has found itself at the heart of the climate change debate.This is a blog post from someone testing Electric cars
At Witz' End: My night with range anxiety by Gary Witzenburg on Apr 1st 2009 at 12:02PM I left the dinner meeting around 9:00, with home roughly 60 miles away...no challenge for an engine-powered vehicle, even relatively low on fuel. You can always find an open station. Not so on this 1997 night.Coal Group Misrepresents Veterans
The coal front group American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has been in hot water lately for employing an astroturf group that forged letters to Congress opposing the House climate bill—and then for possibly lying under oath about their position. Now ACCCE is in trouble again—for misrepresenting the views of two major veterans groups in an email hyping coal's role in energy security. The email, sent in anticipation of Veterans' Day, argues that coal can play a vital role in reducing America's dependence on foreign oil and cites two groups—VoteVets and Operation Free.Electric car story book
"Oh my," said the lady, "you have done some thinking about what kind of car you really need, that's very good." "Yes," said Daniel. "We figured it out before we came, my Mommy helped us."Battered Company Says 'No' To Job Cuts
The Hypertherm factory sits hidden in the woods not far from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Inside, in a testing room, a jet of superheated ionized gas slices smoothly through an inch of plate steel. Jim Miller, vice president of manufacturing, says that when the world is making big heavy things, Hypertherm does quite well.Hydrogen Cars Are Still Headed for the Highway
By Jack Ewing No self-respecting automaker would have dared appear without a zippy-looking plug-in prototype at the annual Frankfurt Auto Show in September. Amid all the hype about electric cars, it was a surprise to hear Daimler Chief Executive Officer Dieter Zetsche declare that hydrogen fuel cells, not batteries, are the ultimate way to move beyond oil. "The chances further down the road seem to me better on the fuel-cell side than on the battery-electric side," Zetsche told reporters at the show on Sept.Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.Why CEOs Are Joining the Global Warming Bandwagon
The New Progressive CEOs In a recession there are few global-warming-denying libertarians in the boardroom. By Daniel Gross http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&id=2231925 Andrew Taylor, the CEO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, in many ways epitomizes the business establishment. His family is No.Peggy Noonan to Lead Harvard Study Group
http://gawker.com/5367203/harvard-students-stop-whatever-youre-doing-and-register-for-peggy-noonans-class-now You do not want to miss the weekly festival of swooning self-regard and misty incoherence that will be Peggy Noonan's "Study Group" for undergrads this year, during her fellowship at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics. Let's read the syllabus. For some ungodly reason, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government saw fit to make Noonan a fellow this year.From Citizens to "Stakeholders": The New American Constitution
From Citizens to "Stakeholders": The New American Constitution By Angelo M. Codevilla "I'm going to get everybody concerned around a big table where all can express their views and their needs. And I'll express mine, and that will make sense of them all because I'll be president."
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