Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Lieberman: Pushing climate bill without Sen. Graham is ‘an open question’ - The Hill's E2-Wire
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is "open" to advancing the legislation without co-sponsor Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who has suspended his support.
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“We are talking to him all the time. . . . He is still supportive of the bill, but because of all the political crosscurrents about immigration reform, he is not yet, as I understand it, prepared to join us in launching it,” Lieberman said.
More range anxiety with the Mitsubishi iMiEV - Autoblog Green
Put all of this together and it can be hard not to end up stuck on the side of the freeway, as a Southern California Public Radio reporter found out recently. Mitsubishi quotes a 100 mile range for the iMiEV under the Japanese 10-15 cycle which is notoriously optimistic. In the real world, 70 miles is a more reasonable limit. On her way home, the reporter had to stop for her third charge of the day, hoping to grab just enough juice to finish the trip from an outlet shared with a vending machine beside a gas station. Even then, an hour at the 110-volt plug was not enough to finish the 14-mile journey. Another cautionary tale showing that early EV drivers will have to plan their drips very, very carefully...
Ezra Klein - Did a climate bill just get less likely?
...I'd say chances for an energy bill are looking pretty grim, unless the president decides to incorporate the spill into a broader campaign to reduce our fossil fuel dependence.

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