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		<title>Social Security for Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here is a quote from president Obama&#8217;s 2012 State of the Union Speech&#8230; “We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge So-Cal EV Charging station</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Above is a photo of the Southern California Edison demonstration electric vehicle charging station in Irwindale California . This is a huge charging station with eight SAE J1772 EVSE and four old style inductive paddle chargers.  That is twelve charging stations, each with it&#8217;s own dedicated parking space. The twelve parking spaces are covered by very large PV [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/12/20/huge-so-cal-ev-charging-station/</link>
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		<title>GM buying back Volts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So GM is offering to loan all 5000 Volt owners a non-Volt auto while the Volt battery problem is researched. OR GM will by back your Volt.  Plus GM will recall and fix all 5000 Volts when the problem is found and a fix is determined.  Sounds like GM is taking no chance on screwing up customer relations for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/12/02/gm-buying-back-volts/</link>
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		<title>Want FREE fuel for your car?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Would you fill up your car with free fuel if some one offered your fuel at no cost. Or you you pull in to a Service station and pay $50.oo to fill up your tank?  What if there was an added bonus that the fuel was domestically produced instead of coming from foreign countries. With an electric vehicle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/11/01/want-free-fuel-for-your-car/</link>
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		<title>Wrong Sales Tactic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Nissan is using the wrong slogan in their marketing plan when selling the Nissan Leaf.  They are currently pushing the &#8220;Zero Emission&#8221; of the 100% electric Leaf. This is evident with there latest TV commercial  &#8220;Gas Powered Everything&#8221; and even the previous &#8220;Polar Bear&#8221; commercial.  I think the Zero Emission crowd is too small of a market segment for a successful re-introduction [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/10/05/wrong-sales-tactic/</link>
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		<title>Netflix Un-truths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reed Hastings the CEO of Netflix posted a video on YouTube on 9/18 to apologize and clarify the changes he is makeing to Netflix.  The big change he announced, in the video, is the splitting of Netflix into two companies. One for streaming called Netflix and a new company for the DVD by mail business to be called Qwikster. Reed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/09/20/netflix-un-truths/</link>
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		<title>Solar Park &amp; ride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The park and ride, pictured above, is in Vacaville California off of interstate 80 at the Davis exit. The location is half way between Sacramento and San Francisco.   It is the first, location in California, to house a 440 volt quick charging  station.  The quick charge station will charge a Nissan Leaf from empty to 80% charge in just 30 minutes. The park and ride also has a very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/09/09/solar-park-ride/</link>
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		<title>Phoenix Motor car Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2008 I wrote about Phoenix Motor cars. A small start up that was doing Research and development on electric cars. Original Phoenix Motor car had two models and sport truck and a sedan. If you visit their website it looks like they have drope the sedan. The sport truck is the only vehicle on the website. Plus they are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/08/25/phoenix-motor-car-update/</link>
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		<title>Nissan Leaf  Reservation Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Just a quick update on the leaf reservation process. I have been receiving e-mails from Nissan informing me that my estimated time of delivery has been updated. The original estimated delivery was mid to late September.  So, an August date this is good news. Remember I started the reservation process in mid May, 2011. So if the Leaf is really delivered in Augest that will be a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/08/05/nissan-leaf-reservation-update/</link>
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		<title>Saving Money on Utilities: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things we did to save money on utilities: Electricity, this was the area we made the biggest impact. We saves a tone of money by installing a variable speed pool pump.  This is an expensive item but an out dated pool pump can waist  a lot of electricity. We paid about $1,100 for a new highly efficient [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thoughtscubed.com/2011/07/17/saving-money-on-utilities-part-1/</link>
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