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How Can Technology Reduce Global Shipping’s Fuel Consumption?

Car transport ship, photo: Rennett Stowe via flickr. If we’re going to start this great transition off of oil we really need to start thinking hard about how we’re going to move ourselves and our goods around the globe . Part of that is thinking conceptually about it–how to change our habits and usage patterns for long-distance travel. The other part is h… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why We Need Electric Car Subsidies

Photo via the Resilient Earth This year will see the debut of some of the most hotly anticipated electric cars ever designed for the mass market — notably, the Chevy Volt and the Nisson Leaf. And right on cue, the complaints and criticisms about EVs have begun to fly. The cars, which will at first be produced in smaller quantities and with new technologies, will be relatively expensive — $41K for the Volt and $33K for the Leaf, though a … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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