Last night Better Place broadcasted a live video feed of their first battery “switch station.” As promised, the station does appear to switch a spent EV battery for a new one in just a couple minutes - it’s quite impressive:
I wrote a while back about how the Obama administration was advocating for some policies that are typically included in proposals for a carbon tax as part of their cap and trade plan. Specifically, the idea of using revenues raised as a tax refund to offset increased costs to end-users.
It turns out, it’s not the only part of the proposed legislation that merges aspects from two policy ideas. The National Journal has a very well-written piece that examines how some of the details of the carbon legislation floating around the Hill actually take the best aspects of the cap and trade and carbon tax ideas. Here’s an excerpt:
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