Google of all companies has stepped up with some Benjaminz, to get this whole alternative fuel economy going. If we look at Google’s past successes, we can see Google does bet on losers! Flex Fuel (E85) is bullshit, and not even a stop-gap solution because it is still over 80% OIL. While electricity is not 100% the answer, at least it is a stop-gap solution. (With electricity much of the power is from coal, very dirty) There is also a new technology out there that will allow Nuclear reactors to run on nuclear waste, which can generate electricity. (At least something can be done with this colossal mass of waste we have been accumulating since the 60′s). Read on – Scott Digital

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Plug-in hybrids are the “killer app” of alternative automotive energy says Google. That’s a fancy way of saying they’ve got some Googlebux, and they’re not afraid to use it. The company’s funding a new program called RechargeIT, a Google.org initiative aiming to reduce CO2 emissions and petroleum use, but also to feed power back to the electrical grid. That’s correct — the once pie-in-the-sky concept of vehicle-to-grid (VTG) tech is getting a major supporter with the R&D pockets to get something mainstream to happen. How can you stop these people? Poor Yahoo! – Mike Spinelli