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Bob Wallace

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Battery to Take On Diesel and Natural Gas

@arpad  @mMerlin  @intarz It might be wise to question whether natural gas will stay cheap for long.  Right now prices are very low, largely due to... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 4, 2012 at 7:41 PM EST

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Startup Aims to Cut the Cost of Solar Cells in Half

@GuyFalkes Are you posting from 2003 somehow?   It's easy to buy all the solar panels you want for just above $1/watt in the US in 2012.   Or... (read full comment)  

Posted on March 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM EDT

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Fallout from Solyndra Hurts Nuclear Startups

Except... You argue that companies located where regulations let reactor owners pass on the cost, however high, to consumers are not in risk of... (read full comment)  

Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:19 AM EDT

GM Ditches the Gas Tank in Its New Electric Car

"added cost hurt sales" I think you'll find that both Nissan and GM sold as many cars as they manufactured.* Nissan was set up to produce a... (read full comment)  

Posted on October 14, 2011 at 1:41 PM EDT

A Quicker Test for Electric Car Batteries

Thanks, Kevin... This piece didn't get any discussion, but that shouldn't bear on the importance of this news. Cutting testing times from years... (read full comment)  

Posted on August 8, 2010 at 12:09 PM EDT

U.S. Backs Electric-Car Batteries. Will Drivers Follow?

Very high entry hurdles... Some industries need to get fairly large before they can produce their product at an acceptable price. EV batteries... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 21, 2010 at 12:55 PM EDT

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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Dwarf Support for Renewables

Decades... Perhaps decades for renewables to replace fossil fuels, but do we want it to be large or small decades? How about we start right now... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 29, 2010 at 6:12 PM EDT

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Can Electric Vehicles Lose the Plug?

Not a ton of money... If you drive the national average of ~33 miles a day and charge with US average $0.105/kWh power then you'll be sticking in... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 8:57 PM EDT

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GM Sets a Price for the Volt

Don't forget... Trains, the electric grid, GPS, phones, air travel, polio and smallpox vaccines, hospitals, .... The only thing a good... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 28, 2010 at 4:14 PM EDT

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GM Backs Volt Battery with Eight-Year Warranty

"Now compare that with trying to sell an eight year old Volt. The person looking to purchase that car knows that it will definitely need at least... (read full comment)  

Posted on July 15, 2010 at 1:29 PM EDT

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