Electric cars may be costlier than petrol vehicles

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Motorists considering buying an electric car are being warned that they can be more expensive to run than conventional petrol vehicles. Nissan is due to start taking UK orders for what it says will be the world's first mass-produced electric car. It says running costs for the Nissan Leaf will be as low as 1p a mile. But figures given to the BBC by a rival car firm suggest that over three years, electric cars could be more expensive to run than their petrol equivalents. The figures come from the Japanese car-maker Mitsubishi, which also produces an electric car.

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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Corny Capitalism

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Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency issued another one of those announcements read exclusively by government bureaucrats and green policy wonks. The EPA decided to delay a decision to increase the concentration of ethanol legal in gasoline from 10% to 15%. So-called E15 fuel would have to wait for approval until November. It was a little-read regulatory decision that barely made a splash in the media. But it was also a rock thrown at Washington's hornets' nest of food and agricultural lobbyists. "We are disappointed," warned food giant Archer Daniels Midland. "We find this further delay unacceptable" and a...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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AFL-CIO Joins Communists, La Raza, ACLU, Other Unions in Voter Registration Drive

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Looks like the AFL-CIO is no longer even trying to hide the fact that it no longer sports a traditionally American political outlook. The labor union has announced that it is joining a voter registration drive called One Nation Working Together. This coalition is filled with some of the most extremely leftist groups in America today including the ACLU, Enviro extremists, La Raza, Code Pink, various anti-war groups, and the Communist Party USA. This new move by the AFL-CIO finds hearty support from the People's World newspaper, a publication dedicated to communism and the "direct descendent" of the communist Daily...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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UAW Joins Push For 'Green Jobs'

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The United Auto Workers has announced that it will join a coalition of unions called the BlueGreen Alliance in an effort to push "green jobs." I was amused by what BlueGreen Alliance founder Leo Gerard said of this addition to the group. "The American auto industry is poised to lead the world in the production of cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and advanced vehicle technologies," said Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers, a founder of the BlueGreen Alliance. "The members of UAW, working people who make America's vehicles, are a welcome addition to our effort to create millions...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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Obama Scrubs White House Website of Climate Change Promises, Media Mum

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Despite that President Obama made Cap and Trade and other green policy plans a focal point of his early days in office -- not to mention his campaign for president -- the White House has quietly scrubbed from its official website many of Obama's promises and green initiatives. I guess the era of Obama really is "change you can believe in"? Especially interesting it the sudden disappearance of Obama's plan to commit $150 billion on clean energy research and development. In 2008 as Obama was preparing to take office he featured on his "Office of the President Elect" website a...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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How I (Almost) Saved the Earth

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Let's say you love the Earth. You see an article in a magazine about a guy who built a "green" house using mostly twigs, pinecones and abandoned bird nests. You want to build a green home, too. So you find an architect, show him the magazine and say, "Give me one just like this." Good luck with that. Your architect only knows how to design homes using materials that his local planning commission is likely to approve. But he wants the job, so he tries hard to talk you out of using twigs, pinecones and abandoned bird nests. He tells...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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Japan Owns Up to Costs of a ‘Green Economy’ (Behold the economic wonders of renewable energy)

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Remember the president saying “think about what’s happening in countries like Spain, Germany, and Japan” — over and over again? (If not, check the video below.) The truth about Spain and Germany having been established (and to the White House’s apparent surprise that anyone would actually check), now comes Japan for us to behold. Thanks to Reuters — whose headline writer deserves kudos for candor — we read: Japan seeks consumer burden to push renewable energy TOKYO July 23 (Reuters) — Japanese consumers will have to pay higher electricity bills under a government plan to help triple the generating capacity...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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Green Energy Reporter About The Week In Green Energy [Actual Headline]

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The Obama administration and Congress share a single, ambitious goal when it comes to renewable energy: they want to beat China and win the global green race. An unique agreement has been forged between the United Steelworkers union and Chinese wind turbine supplier A-Power Systems, which has been leading an effort to develop a 600 megawatts wind farm in West Texas. Since its rollout last fall, the project has been rocked by deep political opposition led by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Both have argued that the project’s best paying jobs would stay in China and the...

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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Siemens wins one billion dollar wind power orders

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BERLIN — Germany's Siemens said Tuesday it has won two orders in the United States and Canada to supply wind turbines that experts said were worth around 800 million euros (1.1 billion dollars). Siemens will supply wind turbines capable of producing 600 megawatts of electricity, enough for 240,000 households, in Ontario. It will also provide 98 turbines for an Oklahoma wind farm, enough for 227 megawatts.

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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Make Green With IBD 100’s Top 5 Green Stocks

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Going green usually suggests some sort of sacrifice. But as an investor, you can make plenty of green from green stocks. Several eco-friendly companies are on the IBD 100 list of the very best stocks based on fundamentals and technicals.

Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 01:33:48 PM

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