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Well, Not Literally 100 Miles...
The Insitute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) has released a second version of its study titled Energy Self-Reliant States . In it they look at various ways that U.S. states could generate clean electricity locally (rooftop solar PV, onshore ...
green.autoblog.com - 30 days ago
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One of the reasons that a vehicle powered
by something other than gasoline is such a popular...
idea in the U.S. is that it helps us become less reliant on other countries for our transportation needs. To this end, biofuels and electric vehicles offer great potential to use local sources of ...
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STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for ...
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STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S.
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... energy production devices. Solar panels are not cheap, and wind farms have their own opponents. While no one expects Texas, for example, to make 533 percent more energy than it needs using renewable sources, ILSR shows that it's at least possible, and that should give hope to EV proponents (no more coal-powered grid!) and hydrogen vehicle fans (electrolyze water with green energy!) alike. Download the PDF of the study and see for yourself.
[Source: ISLR via Treehugger] STUDY: Lots of local, green electricity possible for most of the U.S. ...
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