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TOP NEWS: Volt Sales Topped Leaf Sales in 2012
2013-03-13 08:00:16| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
For the first time, deliveries of the Chevrolet Volt out-sold the Nissan Leaf, and more than tripled in 2012 as electric vehicles experience gains. Consumer Reports has picked its best used-car models for 2003-12 in the $15,000 to $20,000 range, as consumers hold onto their cars longer. J.D. Power executive John Humphrey cites changes in demographics and population that will affect the auto industry in the years to come.The Article TOP NEWS: Volt Sales Topped Leaf Sales in 2012 appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
2013-02-27 22:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil and natural gas from their prices. Subsidies manipulate the game even further. According to conservative estimates from the Global Subsidies Initiative and the International Energy Agency (IEA), governments around the world spent more than $620 billion to subsidize fossil fuel energy in 2011: some $100 billion for production and $523 billion for consumption. This was 20 percent...
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Add a Solar Panel to Keep Your Backup Battery Topped Up
2013-02-14 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
A few weeks ago, I wrote about building a simple, home backup power system for charging phones during extended electricity outages. However, there's a limitation to any battery system, and that is that any battery power supply will eventually become depleted. I reckon to get a theoretical 13 days out of mine. What happens, in a catastrophic event, if grid power isn't restored at the end of 13 days?