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The Migration to Electric Transportation — It's Complicated

Posted on October 8, 2012 by

craigshields Posted in Electric Vehicles

Here’s an overly simplistic article that questions the validity of electric vehicles as “green” transportation on the basis that coal is used to charge EVs. And here is one of the comments: “I power my electric car totally from solar …

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Electric Transportation and Solar Energy

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

craigshields Posted in Photovoltaics

A reader asked that I comment on this fairly euphoric piece, suggesting that the world economy can and will be revived with the aggressive adoption of electric transportation and photovoltaics. Here are a few bits and pieces of my reaction. …

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EV Adoption Curve – Astute Comments

Posted on August 3, 2009 by

Craig Shields Posted in Electric Vehicles

Again, I urge readers to check out the comments on the Three Brass Tacks landing page, and to enter more if desired. I just read that incredibly lucid thoughts of Arlene Allen on the EV adoption curve, in which she …

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