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    Fuel prices set to treble by 2017 in new oil shock

    Jaff-- Amen. Better plan that trip to the Maldives now!
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    Fuel prices set to treble by 2017 in new oil shock

    Jaff, you raise an interesting point (from my perspective, at least): if mass electification of the transportation industry occurs, will the price of oil begin to drop such that it will be purchased and used in the same quantity as before, but for other, less efficient uses? For example, if...
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    Fuel prices set to treble by 2017 in new oil shock

    Oil is still strategic Well, perhaps this price increase will include the US after all. . . . By now, we're all aware of the political fallout of the BP oil spill locally: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/01/AR2010120106675.html If one considers that we *may* be...
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    TMC slogan competition

    Seconded. Here are some policy-oriented ones: - Subsidized Entelligence - Solving US foreign policy by STOMPING on it (photo of Roadster accelarator) - Solving US energy policy by STOMPING on it (photo of Roadster accelerator) - Dismantling OPEC one electron at a time - Entelligent...
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    Gen3 "BlueStar" 4-door sedan styling ideas

    Think big With all the cabin space options opened up, a Blue Star could be very avante garde looking. For example: See more pics at: http://www.tuvie.com/renault-ondelios-futuristic-car-concept-with-butterfly-type-side-doors
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    Martin Eberhard: How blogs helped build the Tesla Roadster

    For me, there was no "jump the shark" moment, just a slow realization that the "engineering" posts were being replaced with "marketing" and "leadership" (thinly veiled marketing) posts. I wonder if it felt the same for the early participants--many of whom had strong feelings about BEV...
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    Martin Eberhard: How blogs helped build the Tesla Roadster

    Evolution of the TM Blog (or, "How to Kill a Blog in 4 Easy Steps") As a social scientist, one of the most interesting things about the TM Blog is how it evolved over time. If I ever get the chance to compose it, the TM Blog would make an interesting case study. As I see it, there were four...
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    Martin Eberhard sues Elon Musk and Tesla Motors

    While I found the information contained in this Blog interesting, it strikes me as exceedingly bad use of the TM Blog forum (especially since comments were closed), and moderately bad taste. More than anything, as an avid reader of the TM Blog forum for nearly 3 yrs now, it represents the...
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    "Cash for Clunkers"

    Clunkers Update Here are more details; it appears that the current $1B set-aside expires when used up or at the latest in November. There is some buzz from Democratic members of Congress that the current bill does not go far enough and they may try to extend the program. TDave, you're right...
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    "Cash for Clunkers"

    Cash for Clunkers So, it appears that Congress snuck the “Cash for Clunkers” program into today's $106B War-related Emergency Supplemental (91-5 Senate, 226-202 House). The interesting thing about the program is that it allows for a $4,500 voucher if the mileage of the new car is 10 mpg...