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                                                 January 29, 2013


    Referring to a "study of China's EV industry":

    "... we discovered that, on average, EVs
    produce more greenhouse gas emissions per
    kilometer than their traditional                 AUTOMOTIVE_GUILT
    internal-combustion counterparts.  That's
    because EVs draw energy from electricity
    grids, some of which rely on coal-- the
    dirtiest of fossil fuels-- for up to 98
    percent of generation.  Only in regions
    where the grid depends on nuclear and hydro
    energy did EVs reduce its carbon footprint."

                              "China's Green Leap Backward"
                              _The Nation_, February 4, 2013
                              Lucia Green-Weiskel, with the
                              Innovation Center for Energy
                              and Transportation





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