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Feb 13th, 2009 by Richard
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The stimulus bill is finely crafted, and its earlier versions won approval from across the pond because it focuses on energy effiency and infrastucture projects — like a smart energy grid — that will pay big dividends down the road. Greenpeace has estimated that this investment will cut 60 million tons of greenhouse gases annually from the US carbon footprint.
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A major new UK report has called on wealthy governments to invest at least $400 billion into low-carbon technologies in their various economic stimulus plans or risk locking the the planet into unsustainable carbon emissions for decades.The research — from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the new Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy — was written by many of the same academics who penned the influential Stern Review. Online viagra scams: it assessed the economic case for incorporating green infrastructure projects into the many fiscal stimulus packages around the world, and concluded that $400 billion — of an estimated $2 trillion in the pool — should fund green policies over the next 18 months to cut emissions, create jobs, and lay the foundations for future low-carbon growth.
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Lord Nicolas Stern warned that governments should take care to ensure that other elements of their green stimulus plans do not pull in the opposite direction.”With billions about to be spent by governments on energy, buildings and transport, it is vital that these public investments do not lock us for many more decades into a costly and unsustainable high-carbon economy.”
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Truth to tell, our Bush-League politicians are trying to come up with a game plan that will allow Canada to continue polluting with impugnity.
It appears there is a $7500 tax credit in the stimulus package for families that purchase a plug in hybrid, however I can’t find a 4 passenger plug in available in the US. I thought the new Prius would have plug in capability but after visiting Toyota’s website, I didn’t see any mention of it. The only plug in hybrid I saw available was a 2 seater Tesla. I have been thinking of getting Honda’s new Insight available in April but I would really like to get a plug in.
Hey Cheryl:
By and large, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) from major companies are not yet on the market. Toyota and GM (with the Volt) will be among the first in late 2010. China’s BYD Motors is selling one now, but for the most part, the best PHEV option now is to buy something like a Toyota Prius or a Ford Fusion and pay a company like Hymotion to turn it into a PHEV. The downside is that it ain’t cheap, but certainly the new tax breaks help. (There is a tax break for Hybrid-to-PHEV conversions, too).
Europe will see some PHEVs on the road this year. And some companies like Aptera will be selling their space-age 3-wheeled cars later this year.
One of the best ways to cut your CO2 emissions would be to buy a car powered by compressed natural gas, like the Honda Civic GX. It’s the cleanest burning ICE (internal combustion engine) car sold in the US… but it might not be available in Florida yet. The tend to sell them in places like NY and California.
Just FYI… The Tesla isn’t a PHEV… it’s all electric. And seriously expensive at $109,000 a pop. The Fisker Karma is a PHEV slated for release later this year, but at $80,000+.
It’s cool how PHEVs work. They run in all-electric mode for up to 40 or 50 miles, at which point an internal combustion engine kicks in. It doesn’t power the car; it creates electricity to drive the electric motor, giving an extended range of 200+ miles.
Before the accident I figured our next car would be a PHEV, but it looks like we’re hitting the market a year too soon.
The conversion of a Prius is tempting. When we’re closer to buying, we may have to look at prices and tax incentives. The Insight caught our eye due to price, but it seems I heard somewhere the Honda hybrid technology can’t be converted to a PHEV. If I recall, unlike the Prius, it never runs in an all electric mode (the electric motor acts as a power assist to the conventional powertrain). I could be wrong… in this case I’d be happy to be.
John…
Do a little more checking. The old Insight was a light hybrid with a weak battery, but the 2010 Insight is considered the next generation…
http://world.honda.com/HybridWorld/index.html
But having said that, I don’t know if can be converted to a PHEV. Most of the conversion companies do see to work with either Ford or Toyota.
Thanks for the link Richard. I’d been over to the Honda site where they describe their models, which gives a basic run down, but I hadn’t seen this site they set up. I should really be more careful with my words. I know it wasn’t fair to refer to the Insight powertrain as “conventional.” I’d known about it’s transmission and I think I heard somewhere the battery pack was better than the one in the current Civic hybrid.
I’ve been a little disappointed with Honda recently (as customers go, I’ve almost been as loyal to Honda as I’ve been to Apple). A couple months ago, before we knew Cheryl would be out of work so long, we looked into a Civic hybrid. The salesman did everything he could to talk us out of it, saying among other things: the maintence costs were higher in a hybrid vehicle.
I’m not an expert, but I’d always heard the opposite… they tended to be more reliable, required less maintenance, and customer satisfaction was quite high. I probably shouldn’t get pissed at the brand over one salesman. We’re still going to give the Insight a serious look, especially if what we’ve heard about the price is true.