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OilDrum: Delusions of Finance: Where We are Headed

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:51:10 +0000

Back in October, I participated in the 2nd International Biophysical Economics Conference at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York. Charlie Hall had written to me, inviting me to come and give a talk. Specifically, he wanted me to go back to my post from January 2008 called Peak Oil and the Financial Markets: A Forecast for 2008 and explain why my forecasts had turned out pretty close to correct, while many others widely missed the mark. The title he suggested for the talk was Delusions of Finance.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theoildrum/~3/s9SPu-M1aGM/6191

OilDrum: Drumbeat: February 8, 2010

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:33:19 +0000

Obama renews call for oil taxes in 2011 budget

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GM-Volt: Chevrolet Chief on Volt Supply and Demand

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:27:21 +0000

I just had the opportunity to interview Jim Campbell who is GM’s newest Chevrolet brand director. I raised with him the issue of how the company will deal with the possibility demand could far…

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http://gm-volt.com/2010/02/08/chevrolet-chief-on-volt-supply-and-demand/

AllCarsElectric: CalCars Felix Kramer Says National Academy of Sciences Report on EVs and Plug-Ins is Flawed

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:07:00 +0000

The annual Electric Drive Transportation Association meeting held in conjunction with the Washington Auto Show is one of the largest events on American soil for electric vehicles. The EDTA conference is a place where automakers, battery developers, suppliers, industry experts, and journalists converge to discuss electric vehicles. The event…

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http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1042328_calcars-felix-kramer-says-national-a...

AllCarsElectric: Former NY Governor Calls For 40% of Vehicles on Roads by 2020 to be Electric

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:00 +0000

Former Governor of New York City George Pataki made an appearance at the Washington Auto Show awhile back. At the show, he made a bold statement that he hopes will ring true. Pataki called for 40% of all the vehicles on the roads in 2020 to be electric vehicles. His numbers are significantly higher than anyone else expects to see and probably…

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http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1042327_former-ny-governor-calls-for-40-of-v...

volt914: Revised Front Wiring

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:40:58 +0000

This weekend ended up cold and snowy, so mostly I worked on finishing up the front wiring. Photos will come later, for now, here is the revised circuit diagram. This includes the details of which connectors go to what - this will make it much easier to attach things when in the car:

AutoBlogGreen: A look back at the Super Bowl's green car sides

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:49:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/07/a-look-back-at-the-super-bowls-green-car-si...

Plugbike: Brunel X-Team Returns In 2010 With The BX-10

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:37:45 +0000

Last year the engineering students of West London’s Brunel University X-Team brought the BX-09 to the Isle Of Man TT. In a very short time frame they completed the Triumph Daytona 675 based electric, got it to the start and with the help of TT rider Steve Harper completed the race.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Plugbike/~3/W84Mt6O3BY4/

AutoBlogGreen: Chicago preview: all-electric Ford Connect Transit will make an appearance

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:53:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/07/chicago-preview-all-electric-ford-connect-t...

Plugbike: Video Infers Zero S Will Soon Get More Power

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:01:18 +0000

Zero Motorcycles posted a video of a guy from the Engineering department doing a burn out on a Zero S.

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GM-Volt: Jaguar Says Only ‘Self Charging’ Extended Range Electric Cars Make Sense

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:06:43 +0000

Jaguar intends to be the third automaker to mass produce an extended range electric car, joining Chevrolet’s Volt and Fisker’s Karma.
The British automaker recognizes the advantage of…

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AutoBlogGreen: Why conservatives should support the "good kind" of public transit

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:42:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/07/why-conservatives-should-support-the-good-k...

OilDrum: The THAI process for bitumen and heavy oil

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:14:12 +0000

For a while, when I was a student, I had an attic bedroom that was heated by a small coal fire, with a relatively short chimney up to the roof. I learned, fairly early on, that in starting the fire you needed a fairly high velocity air flow across the coals, and underlying firewood strips. And to get this I would rest a shovel over the front of the fireplace, and try and seal off the sides. I kept a small bellows beside the fire to help when this wasn’t particularly successful.

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OilDrum: Drumbeat: February 7, 2010

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:09:09 +0000

Racking up miles? Maybe not.
Within a few years, a driver who pulls up to the gas pump may pay two bills with a single swipe of the credit card: one for the gas and the other for each mile driven since the last fill-up. That may be the result of what many transportation experts see as an inevitable revolution in the way Americans pay for their highways.

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AllCarsElectric: Japanese Transportation Ministry Orders Investigation Into Toyota Prius Braking Issue

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The Toyota recalls have made headline stories for at least a week now. The company is working feverishly to fix the problems and rebuild a possibly tarnished image. Just when things could not possibly get any worst for Toyota, they just did. According to the New York Times, the Japanese government has ordered the…

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GreenTransportation: Coda specs and technical stuff

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:50:24 +0000

Photo by David Herron Coda’s electric car is so normal looking (see First impressions of the Coda electric sedan) that the components under the hood are sort of remniscient of a gas engine compartment, until you realize there’s no engine. …

GreenTransportation: First impressions of the Coda electric sedan

Webmaster — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:40:59 +0000

Photo by David HerronToday Coda Automotive attended the San Francisco Electric Auto Association meeting to talk about their electric car that’s due to go on sale this year. I was privileged to be a passenger for a ride around the block, and am…

ElectricChronicles: tail section. yes. yes indeed.

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:24:57 +0000

…don’t even say it, brammofan. hahahahaa

OilDrum: Medical Dark Matter

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:06:34 +0000

Below the fold is a guest essay from a friend of mine who is an internal medicine M.D. practicing in East-central Minnesota. (He posts on The Oil Drum as ‘Rock climber’). The post is a shortened version of a longer essay on the interrelationships between health care, human health, human happiness and resource use. As the healthcare sector makes up fully 17% of the GDP of the USA and therefore represents a significant fraction of our resource throughput, this is a very important topic in discussions of more sustainable systems.

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theoildrum/~3/k1S6qjzbfYo/6186

AutoBlogGreen: 2011 Chevy Volt appears in order schedule, Job 1 November 1!

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:08:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/06/2011-chevy-volt-appears-in-order-schedule-j...

EVCAST: EVcast #323. Kung-Fo Brammo!

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:04:49 +0000

[1:54:33] Join Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Gavin Shoebridge from EVsecrets.com and Gavinshoebridge.com along with Kearon de Clouet of EVcapri.com as they discuss the week’s EV news. This episode is sponsored by Evcarco.com.
This episode was edited and produced by littleCollie on behalf of the EVcast.
There is the occasional swear word in this episode.
News:

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http://www.evcast.com/members/evcast/blog/VIEW+00000001+00000348#00000348

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http://www.evcast.com/l1/evcast/appdata/blog/00000348.mp3 (55031227 bytes audio/mpeg)

AutoBlogGreen: Biodiesel Smarter now offering U.S. map of B100 sales locations

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:04:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/06/biodiesel-smarter-now-offering-u-s-map-of-b...

CNET: Turn your office expense reports into toilet paper

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10382622-1.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Green...

AutoBlogGreen: Fisker Automotive moves Michigan jobs to California

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:45:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/06/fisker-automotive-moves-michigan-jobs-to-ca...

OilDrum: Drumbeat: February 6, 2010

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:38:56 +0000

OIL FUTURES: Oil Drops Steeply, Breaking Key Support Level
Crude oil futures fell sharply for the second day in a row Friday after breaking through a key support level that traders had been watching for a sign of whether the energy markets would continue to trend lower. The drop in crude prices spurred losses for other commodities, which worsened as the U.S. dollar gained strength.

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GM-Volt: Op-Ed: Prius Halo Damaged; Toyota Pressured to Announce Recall on 270,000 Units Already Sold, as CEO President Finally Breaks Cover

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:14:56 +0000

While the damage to Toyota’s reputation has certainly taken a hit of late due to the widely publicized problems with stuck accelerator pedals on many models, a case could have been made that it…

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CNET: In clean energy, U.S. needs more steel in ground

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10447548-54.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=GreenT...

Gas2: Is the Prius Broken? What are Toyota’s Quality Woes Really All About?

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:00:04 +0000

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http://gas2.org/2010/02/06/is-the-prius-broken-what-are-toyotas-quality-woes-rea...

AllCarsElectric: BMW Discusses Owners' Reactions to Mini E Lease Program, Drivers Delighted With Vehicle

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:56:00 +0000

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The lease of the prototype Mini E has been a success. BMW discussed some of their results from the field testing program of the Mini E and opened their press conference with the headline, “Mini E Drivers Delighted with Electric Vehicle Experience.” The Mini E lease program has been ongoing and is still a work in…

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http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1042271_bmw-discusses-owners-reactions-to-mi...

GreenTransportation: Electric supermotorcycle maker Mission Motors pondering a deal with Chinese motorcycle company

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:26:44 +0000

Photo courtesy Mission Motors Related Articles Lightning Motors has second fastest electric motorcycle, ahead of Mission MotorsWhy Vectrix is teetering on bankruptcy, pt. I According to reports surfacing from China over the last couple days…

OilDrum: Meet Trev: A two-seater renewable energy vehicle

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:06:45 +0000

Major auto companies are now close to bringing their first electric vehicles onto the market. But in many cases these new vehicles are as big and heavy as their gasoline powered brethren, and consequently burn just as much energy even though they take it from batteries rather than a fuel tank. In the greater scheme of things, I’m not convinced that helps us very much.

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AutoBlogGreen: Video: Volvo helping to develop new material that could be both battery and bodywork

Webmaster — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:40:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/05/video-volvo-helping-to-develop-new-material...

AutoBlogGreen: Spy Shots: Audi A1 about as naked as it's gonna get

Webmaster — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:31:00 +0000

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http://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/05/spy-shots-audi-a1-about-as-naked-as-its-gon...

ChevyVoltage: Chevrolet Volt at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver

Webmaster — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:54:23 +0000

By Marc Comeau, Vice President, Chevrolet in Canada
There are some exciting things happening with Chevrolet in Canada, especially in Vancouver as the world focuses its attention on the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Chevrolet is proud to be part of this iconic event, along with the entire General Motors of Canada family, through our partnership with the Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) as the Official Vehicle Partner of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games and Paralympic Games.