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>> I might short it now, if I weren't allergic to short selling. I like to sleep at night. << Nick, so why not buy put options? Then you can sleep knowing the maximum you can lose is what you paid for the options. Just a thought...

Commented 2 days ago on Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early (updated with Chrysler comment) at Green Car Congress

>> small modular NUCLEAR reactor << They left the N-word out deliberately, right?

Commented Apr 16, 2013 on B&W, DOE sign cooperative agreement for small modular reactor funding at Green Car Congress

Harvey D, maybe so. Meanwhile, Ceres (CERE) stock is up 15%+ today...

Commented Nov 27, 2012 on Ceres and Syngenta to collaborate on sweet sorghum market development for ethanol in Brazil at Green Car Congress

Harvey, price includes UK's VAT at 20%. So pre-tax it's more like $25.7k.

Commented Nov 10, 2012 on Honda’s new 1.6L diesel i-DTEC Civic for Europe offers 65 mpg US at Green Car Congress

Just checked, China's mains voltage is 220V so need to install a separate 240V domestic supply (unlike the USA). Europe in general is also 220-240V with electrical equipment rated at 230V +/- 6%.

Commented Apr 22, 2012 on VW brings E-Bugster concept to Beijing for Asia premier at Green Car Congress

TCO = total cost of ownership

Commented Apr 2, 2012 on Infineon introduces new 650V CoolMOS CFDA for automotive applications at Green Car Congress

And who pays for the insurance? And for the clean-up if the company goes bust? Answer: you and I, the taxpayers; not the shareholders!!!

Commented Mar 31, 2012 on NRC clears path for issuing licenses for two AP1000 reactors at Summer site in South Carolina at Green Car Congress

On eBay, this 1.44kWh battery works out at approx $508 per kWh. With FREE shipping! Link

Commented Mar 27, 2012 on Lux Research forecasts Li-ion EV battery pack costs to decrease to $397/kWh in 2020 at Green Car Congress

Only 1000 gallons per acre? Check out Cool Planet's 4000 gallons per acre of drop in gasoline from Miscanthus. Biofuels Digest

Commented Mar 14, 2012 on Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. and BP Biofuels to conduct demonstration field trial of Powercane Miscanthus at Green Car Congress

Title: >>market to double by 2012<< Should be 2021?

Commented Feb 18, 2012 on Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B at Green Car Congress

Or, for less coin, a Hyundai I30 1.6 CRDi, 128hp, 62mpg (US), 100g/km, 10.9 seconds.

Commented Feb 17, 2012 on BMW 116d EfficientDynamics Edition to debut at Geneva Show; 62 mpg US at Green Car Congress

Hyundai's New i30 diesel due out next month has more horsepower (126 v. 118) and also has CO2 of 100 g/km.

Commented Feb 6, 2012 on Honda to showcase new 1.6L Earth Dreams diesel at Geneva show at Green Car Congress

Kelly, yes, but didn't Saudi Arabia just give up on desal-irrigated farming and is buying farming land in Africa instead?

Commented Jan 30, 2012 on Researchers demonstrate concept desalination battery at Green Car Congress

Oops, a little more Googling reveals: Only 62 mpg and 99 g CO2/km? Try 74 mpg and 85 g CO2/km. (US gallons, EU combined cycle) Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi Ecodynamic. But only if a 98mph top speed is acceptable to you. Where does this leave CAFE 2025?

Commented Nov 18, 2011 on Audi introducing 5-door A1 Sportback; fuel consumption as low as 62 mpg US for diesel versions at Green Car Congress

The Seat 1.2 diesel does 67 mpg (US gallons, EU combined cycle) and 92 g CO2/km. Max speed 108 mph. Where does this leave CAFE 2025?

Commented Nov 18, 2011 on Audi introducing 5-door A1 Sportback; fuel consumption as low as 62 mpg US for diesel versions at Green Car Congress

Translation: 74 and 88 kW = 99 and 118 hp respectively. Or, approx 100hp per litre.

Commented Oct 15, 2011 on Continental to supply turbochargers for new Ford 1.0L EcoBoost engines at Green Car Congress

new 32 bit microcontroller Only 32-bit? PC's have had 64-bit chips available for a while now...

Commented Oct 15, 2011 on Infineon introduces next-generation of microcontroller multicore architecture for automotive applications at Green Car Congress

Why, in 2011, does it take California THREE MONTHS to process tax data? March data should be available Apr 1st, not end June...

Commented May 27, 2011 on California gasoline demand flat, diesel declined in Feb 2011 at Green Car Congress

Where the bleep is Porto Torres? Northern Sardinia, an island, part of Italy.

Commented May 27, 2011 on Eni and Novamont to build €500M biorefinery at Green Car Congress

Nice stats Harvey. You may well be right, but a link would be nice? Thanks...

Commented May 14, 2011 on Report: Europe’s largest wheat ethanol plant to shut temporarily due to high wheat prices at Green Car Congress

Yesterday I paid $9.09 per US gallon for diesel here at my local (UK) station. I know apples and oranges. Just saying...

Commented Apr 29, 2011 on California gasoline consumption up 2.7%, diesel up 1.4% in January at Green Car Congress

ExDemo, you don't help your case by using phrases like 'Marxist eco-loons' and 'phony green leadership'. And as a (pinko-commie) European, thank you for sharing your air quality technology with us :)

Commented Mar 12, 2011 on Beijing to apply Level V emissions standard for its motor vehicles in 2012 at Green Car Congress

ejj, are you employed by the Cato Institute?

Commented Mar 12, 2011 on NRC report: US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard need to begin now to prepare for effects of climate change in the Arctic at Green Car Congress

Thanks Mike for all these articles. Keep them coming :) John

Commented Mar 11, 2011 on Linc Energy taking stake in aboveground gasification company; potential CTL introduction in US at Green Car Congress

I wish my Alfa Romeo Brera had this diesel engine it instead of GM's 3.2 V6 gas guzzler!

Commented Mar 8, 2011 on Jeep Grand Cherokee to offer new 3.0-liter turbo diesel in Europe; more power, less fuel at Green Car Congress