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 Stories About: cars AND electric vehicles AND hydrogen AND interview AND Terry Tamminen
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Terry Tamminen: Hydrogen, batteries, and electric cars
We will wonk you |
David Roberts |
11 Jan 2007 |
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| DR: You're a big supporter of hydrogen, which is a storage medium for electrical energy. Moving our transportation infrastructure to hydrogen means offloading the power burden from oil and liquid fuels to electricity sources -- predominantly natural gas and coal. How is that an environmental gain, to go from oil to coal? TT: It isn't, but that's a false choice. There are lots of other ways we get hydrogen that are a lot more efficient, cheaper, and more env ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hydrogen, interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics) |
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