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CBO Says Taxing-By-The-Mile is an ‘Efficient’ Way to Raise Revenue

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J ust when you thought that the Government could think of new ways to take your money, they don’t… They just come up with old ideas instead. Ever since ‘green’ technology and electric cars have become the latest fad, politicians have been wondering how they are going to replace the tax revenue from the gas tax. That is based on the premise that electric cars will need little if any gas and therefore… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : P/Oed Patriot Discovery Date : 26/03/2011 01:15 Number of articles : 2

CBO Says Taxing-By-The-Mile is an ‘Efficient’ Way to Raise Revenue

Buyers Get Money Towards Purchasing Electric Cars in UK

Photo: indianblogs Buyers of some electric cars will be given up to £5,000 ($7,800) towards their purchase. With its new £43M plan to encourage people to drive electric and low-carbon cars, the government has announced that buyers of 9 models of cars will be rewarded with a subsidy worth a quarter of the price of the car, in some cases. The winners are: the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the Smart fortwo electric drive, the Peugeot iO… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fisker Partners With China Grand Automotive Group for Distribution in China

Photo: Fisker Fisker Going East Fisker Automotive, the California-based maker of the Karma and Karma S series plug-in hybrids (aka electric cars with a range extender like the Chevy Volt ), has inked a deal with China Grand Automotive Group to have its vehicles distributed, marketed and serviced in the Middle Kingdom…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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VP of R&D Admits Electric Engine Helps Porsche Game Environmental Laws

Image: Porsche 918 Spyder Press Release When Porsche presented the 918 Spyder plug-in electric concept car, it got some leaded blood boiling. A sportscar that can do 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds but gets under 78 miles per gallon (3L/100km)? Brian Merchant deemed it a significant development, one which “will make waves far beyond the crowd concerned with fuel efficiency.” And that is what we want, right? To pull everyone into the green li… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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VP of R&D Admits Electric Engine Helps Porsche Game Environmental Laws

Carbon-Neutral Sail-Powered Cargo Ships Scheduled to Return to European Waters in 2012

image: B9 Energy What comes after fossil fuel powered containers shipping is a pet topic of mine to contemplate and a new story from CNN on what the folks at B9 Energy (primarily a wind power company…) are planning in the way of carbon-neutral three-masted cargo ships is really pretty inspiring–even if some of the react and contextual quotes in the article show a decided lack of vision. But the ultra-cool you’ve got to go backward to progress cargo ship first…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Carbon-Neutral Sail-Powered Cargo Ships Scheduled to Return to European Waters in 2012

Revenge of the Electric Car (Official Trailer!)

Coming in the Spring of 2011 As promised , now that the Revenge of the Electric Car facebook fan page has reach… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Revenge of the Electric Car (Official Trailer!)

Get In Line to Test-Drive an Electric Car From Hertz

Image: HertzEV website EV Rental Goes Mainstream Almost a year ago, I wrote about how Hertz, the largest car rental company in the United states, was going to have Nissan LEAF electric cars in its fleet . As I said then, I think it’s a great idea to give people a new way to become familiar with electric vehicles and try them for themselves (cars are expensive, so people are hesitant to spend their hard-earned cash on technologies they don’t trust — it took a while for… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Electric Cars to be Competitive with Gas Cars in About 5 Years, Says Steven Chu

Photos: Flickr , CC, Wikipedia , CC, Wikipedia , Public domain. Not That Far Off Dr. Steven Chu, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, has shared his informed (hard to find someone more informed than him) opinion about the future of battery electric cars at the

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BYD Stops Production of F3e Electric Car (At Least for Now)

Photo: Michael Graham Richard A Set Back, But the Future is Still Promising BYD, the enormous Chinese battery-maker which has been branching out into automobile manufacturing, has decided to stop production of its F3e electric car for now. Apparently, the company “changed its mind after a market investigation and consultation with the dealers for everyone thought there were still problems with the supporting infrastructure and market environment at the moment and what the company needed were transitional products.” What they mean is that they’ll be sticking with their plug-in hybrids for the time be… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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10 Gorgeous Green Alternatives to Holiday Wrapping Paper (Slideshow)

Photo: Smock Paper No matter how green your gifts are, wrapping them up in disposable paper leaves you with a lot of unnecessary waste that puts an environmental damper on the joy of the holidays. Choose these bright patterns, bold prints, and seasonal designs from recycled materials, organic cotton and more for a pile of pretty presents (almost too gorgeous to open) that won’t add to

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