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Are you interested in how well your car does in your state with regards to carbon pollution?

http://www.climatecentral.org/wgts/filetracker.php?file2dl=ClimateFriendlyCarsReport_Final.pdf

This is a great report and it's easy to read with plenty of lists and graphs & visuals. It shows that my state West Virginia uses coal for nearly all energy production and that there are some traditional gasoline-powered internal combustion engine cars which are about as good as hybrids. But, not quite as good since hybrids using gasoline are still going to be better. Vermont and Rhode Island are quite the opposite, using practically no coal for energy and therefore great places to use all-electric cars.


Have you ever wondered when (or if) wind & solar and other non carbon-based energy sources would take over? Here's one indication of where things stand: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/14/top-u-s-nuclear-weapons-facility-to-be-powered-by-the-wind/

Sometimes the government can take the lead on things when the general public can't afford to or simply isn't ready to. In World War II and soon after the U.S. military had African-American units and was integrated. The public fought it for quite some time after that. Today the government is doing more with non-carbon energy sources and the corporate world is gradually finding it economically advantageous to do the same. Apple Corp, for example, has built non-carbon source energy supplies next to their various data-storage sites around the country. They use a tremendous amount of energy and this way they can provide their own.

We're not the only people moving this direction.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/18/fossil-fuel-power-plants-to-be-shut-down-in-germany-because-theyre-no-longer-competitive/


Recently Congress hasn't been very active in any useful way, but there are some old laws which might need to be updated: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/3-most-outdated-tech-laws