A survey taken near end of last year said 77% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. It was 43% in '07.
US fleet of trucks, buses uses ~2.5mb/d of oil. Conversion to NG would displace 42% OPEC imports. We want to do that, right? Even just on principle if it's not economic. This war goes back to '73. We're lucky when any war is just economic.
SATC got 40MW deal with Q-cells for Ontario project.
Solyndra almost got another half billion from admin?!: House Dems.
Millionaire tax proposed now instead of oil subsidy cuts. I remember LBJ's surtax that gave us a budget surplus in '69.
EIB to lend Euro350M to build 40-mile 1GW bipolar electric interconnector between Spain and France through underground hi-speed rail tunnel through Pyrenees. Will also get Euro 225M grant from European Energy Programme for Recovery. Launch in '14.
ARPA-E director is Arun Majunda. Sounds American, huh.
Leading UK retailer switched forklifts to biodiesel. Not fuel cells. Not batteries. Really.
That's the come and the go, pards. What a do.
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