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PHEVs could potentially drain our water supplies - or not

It takes water to drive your car. Not in the sense that your car is powered by water, but in the sense that our power plants in the U.S. often use steam for either cooling or to power turbines. In fact, at 195 billion gallons of water consumed per day, power generation is second only to irrigation when it comes to using our water supplies. According to a study published by the American Chemical Society, PHEV's require 17 times the water supply that gas-powered cars need. That's a huge difference, and it's a constant figure unless you are ... Read more →

Editorial: Is Malcolm Bricklin's vision clear? Sam Abuelsamid

Before proceeding with this post you might want to peruse the interview I did with Malcolm Bricklin at the Detroit Auto Show. Are you ready? Good, let's proceed. First let me say I like the premise ...

PHEVs could potentially drain our water supplies - or not 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It takes water to drive your car. Not in the sense that your car is powered by water, but in the sense that our power plants in the U.S. often use steam for either cooling or to power turbines. In fact, at 195 billion gallons of water consumed per day, power generation is second only to irrigation ...

Editorial: Is Malcolm Bricklin's vision clear? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Before proceeding with this post you might want to peruse the interview I did with Malcolm Bricklin at the Detroit Auto Show. Are you ready? Good, let's proceed. First let me say I like the premise of Bricklin's idea. There are plenty of little entrepreneurs out their with ideas to build EVs and ...


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