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	<description>Life post oil and post carbon</description>
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		<title>Nemesis update &#8211; nearly there.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the latest.  We&#8217;ve almost finished making a new lightweight rear body panel for the car.  The old one was very heavy and floppy, so our guys whipped up a new one in carbon fibre.  It&#8217;ll actually help us with the fitting of the charging equipment by saving the need for engineering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2010/01/26/nemesis-update-nearly-there/</link>
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		<title>Nemesis Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick update on the car front.  
I had my first breakdown the other week. I went to drive away in the morning and everything was just dead.  Turned out the 12v battery we use to power the control side had gone flat, and oddly enough a couple of fuses were blown.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/11/17/nemesis-update/</link>
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		<title>Car pool with Robert Llewellyn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago, Dale had the pleasure of being picked up and driven around by Robert Llewellyn for his very entertaining and simple yet clever online CarPool show. Here&#8217;s the video as published today &#8211; hope you enjoy.



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		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/10/02/car-pool-with-robert-llewellyn/</link>
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		<title>Festival of Innovation and 500Kites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiya Folks, 
Paul here (back off my hols).
A couple of event announcements for our UK based readers. Firstly &#8211; I thought you might like to know about a public appearance of the Nemesis Wind Powered Car happening on the 12th/13th September at the Science Museum in Wroughton, Near Swindon in Wiltshire. It will be part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/09/04/festival-of-innovation-and-500kites/</link>
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		<title>Wind Car Update &#8211; 11 of 6</title>
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Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Here&#8217;s our latest, probably penultimate, video update of the wind car project.
I&#8217;ve had the Nemesis (yes it finally has a name) on the road for the last few weeks and it&#8217;s been a lot of fun (unless you&#8217;re a hedge in my vicinity&#8230;.:). 
I&#8217;ll give the car back to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/08/25/wind-car-update-11-of-6/</link>
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		<title>Wind Car &#8211; News Flash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Nemesis arrived in Stroud this morning, finally&#8230; After all the months we&#8217;ve spent on it, this is def a bit of a watershed.  I&#8217;ll have it here for a few weeks of road trials and a general shakedown.  Probably for most of August.
The car has come a long way in the last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/07/29/wind-car-news-flash/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car &#8211; Epsiode 10 of 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Is it a Nemesis?
It finally happened.  Last Monday on a windswept old airfield in Norfolk, we got the wind car out of the workshop and took it for its first spin on tarmac.
Not entirely without a little drama mind you – the car barely being able to climb [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/06/23/the-wind-car-epsiode-10-of-6/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car – Episode 9 of 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
This months highlights are;
Meeting the Sun&#8217;s environment correspondent – yes seriously.  They&#8217;ve not had one very long but they do have one and he is serious about it &#8211; and: 
That amazing machine at Leeds University &#8211; the one that looks like it belongs on a Sci Fi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/05/26/the-wind-car-episode-9-of-6/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car – Episode 8 of 6</title>
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 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Here’s our latest video.  The big focus of this episode is design and, as you’ll see, it’s definitely taking shape.
I’m off to Norfolk next week to meet the Sun, they love the idea BTW, and nail down a few questions on detail (with the A team).
Couple more weeks after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/04/17/the-wind-car-%e2%80%93-episode-8-of-6/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car &#8211; Episode 7 of 6</title>
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 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Here&#8217;s the latest episode of our Wind Car series, clearly we&#8217;re running behind the original plan, with episode 7 of 6&#8230;  
But hey ho, I don&#8217;t suppose the wheel was invented in a day &#8211; to mix metaphors a little.  
We hit a big milestone in this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/04/01/the-wind-car-episode-7-of-6/</link>
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		<title>Wind powered cheer</title>
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Photo credit &#8211; Peter Lyons
Back in the UK now. I&#8217;ve been on holiday for a week, which is a rare event (ask my partner&#8230;   ) and sod&#8217;s law determined that an even rarer event would coincide with that &#8211; the perfect conditions for a land speed record attempt.
My disappointment at not being there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/03/31/wind-powered-cheer/</link>
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		<title>Greenbird smashes world record</title>
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Hiya &#8211; Paul here standing in for Dale.
Just thought you might like to know this bit of breaking news from over on the Greenbird site  
Richard and the Ecotricity Greenbird have only gone and smashed the World Land Speed Record for Wind Powered Vehicles!!!
Yay!! Big congrats from all of us Richard!
More details to come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/03/27/greenbird-smashes-world-record/</link>
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		<title>The car with no name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
I was in Norfolk earlier this week for a milestone in the development of our wind powered car, the first turning of its wheels&#8230;!
While I was there I met with John Vidal the Environment Editor of the Guardian.  He&#8217;s a great guy John, enjoyed discussing things with him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/03/16/the-car-with-no-name/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car – Episode 6 of 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
The first thing I should say here is that this isn&#8217;t the last episode of our little video series – it can&#8217;t be &#8211; we just haven&#8217;t finished yet.  So expect Episodes 7 and probably 8 of 6 before long&#8230;  
Second thing to say is I&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/17/the-wind-car-episode-6-of-6/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car (5 of 6)</title>
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 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Thanks to everybody for that massive response to the last video posting on the wind car.  And some more great names rolling in.  I&#8217;m going to reply globally here if that&#8217;s OK.
Couple of people raised valid issues/questions – why aren&#8217;t we making a family car for example, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/01/20/the-wind-car-5-of-6/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car (4 of 6) &#8211; Time for a name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here it is then, the fourth episode of the making of our wind car.  By the time we get to the sixth I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;ll be on the road.
				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Good vid this one, all looks very industrial over there in Norfolk &#8211; and stuff is starting to come together.
I&#8217;m thinking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/12/16/the-wind-car-ep4-time-for-a-name/</link>
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		<title>Greenbird rattling Top Gear&#8217;s cage</title>
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We thought the Greenbird had flown silently past the deafening roar of Top Gear towers, but we were wrong. Check out this link to watch the good ol&#8217; Top Gear boys practically combusting internally at the prospect of cars powered by the wind. They got the wrong end of the stick of course &#8211; the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/12/01/greenbird-rattling-top-gears-cage/</link>
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		<title>Could it actually be greener to drive than to pedal?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are bikes greener than cars? That was the question tackled in a recent post. Looking at the issue from the perspective purely of energy used to travel &#8211; the results were a little counter intuitive to most of us I think.  
The big thing not in those calculations was the embodied energy and therefore [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/11/26/could-it-actually-be-greener-to-drive-than-to-pedal/</link>
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		<title>Wind car video update &#8211; part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the third in our series of monthly wind car videos.
				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
You can see the body really starting to take shape here, and hear Peter talk about &#8216;toughening up&#8217; of the look, from his original.
We&#8217;ve &#8216;placed&#8217; all the parts within the car now and began machining/producing some of the bigger [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/11/21/wind-car-video-update-part-3/</link>
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		<title>Are cars greener than bikes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is perhaps a surprising question to ask.  The assumption we&#8217;d all probably make is that bikes must be the greenest form of transport.  Certainly that&#8217;s a view put to me in recent comments, arguing that I shouldn&#8217;t be promoting wind powered cars &#8211; mainly because bikes are greener than any kind of car. 
But [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/10/29/are-cars-greener-than-bikes/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car is on its way &#8211; video update part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s the second of our monthly video updates on the Wind car project.
				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
I’m off to Norfolk next week to take a look at the proposed body modifications and generally have a catch up with the team.  I’m looking fwd to it.
Chassis has been lengthened, battery housing and transmission [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/10/20/the-wind-car-is-on-its-way-video-update-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Where on Earth will all the Lithium come from?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months we’ve been discussing here how we’ll all get around post oil, looking closely at how electric or wind powered cars might work.  
The ranges made possible by new batteries seem very practical, when looked at against current car use patterns refuelling appears to be possible, even desirable, without the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/10/08/where-on-earth-will-all-the-lithium-come-from/</link>
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		<title>Crazy guys jumping off our turbines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines &#8211; love ‘em or hate ‘em, would you jump off the top of one?
A bunch of crazy guys have been doing just that this weekend, from our turbine at Ecotech Swaffham, the world&#8217;s first ever legal base jump off a windmill apparently.   In fact this is the final round of UK [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/09/29/crazy-guys-base-jumping-off-our-turbines/</link>
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		<title>The Wind Car is on its way &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work started in earnest on our wind powered car about 6 weeks ago.  We&#8217;re making good progress, close to plan and budget so far.
Here&#8217;s a short video showing our progress so far: 
				
				
 Video production: Tim Walter Associates Limited
Should be posting one of these a month now as we count down to the day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/09/15/the-wind-car-is-on-its-way/</link>
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		<title>Can the Grid take it?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted a couple of visions of garages of the future recently.
The first vision was of an internet café style ‘park and surf while you charge’ kind of thing.  Looked cool, not a bad first stab, but on further examination &#8211; it wasn’t it.
The second vision is an abandoned, moss grown relic.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/09/05/can-the-grid-take-it/</link>
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		<title>Our record attempt thwarted by climate change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Greenbird land record attempt is a washout. I didn&#8217;t even get to Australia&#8230;
The lake is normally dry in September, but this year it&#8217;s wet due to uncharacteristic rain fall. There was over 29 mm more rain in July and August this year than 2007. And July had twice its monthly average fall in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/09/04/our-record-attempt-thwarted-by-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Looking for Green Gold down under&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hard on the heels of a record Olympics for the Brits…….:)
I’m off to Oz in a few days to join the Greenbird team and attempt to take the world land speed record – powered only by the wind.

Greenbird,  the awesome looking craft in the picture above, we named as a nod to Donald Campbell and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/08/27/looking-for-green-gold-down-under/</link>
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		<title>More thoughts on ‘garages’ of the future – they won’t exist!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s our revised, mocked up vision of ‘the petrol station of the future’.
We’ve been discussing the charging of electric cars in previous posts and I’d suggested a vision of rows of charging posts and it taking 20 minutes or so to fill your car up while you surfed the net or otherwise chilled out. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/07/03/more-thoughts-on-garages-of-the-future-they-wont-exist/</link>
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		<title>A week in the life of&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been an interesting week in the world of renewable. As mentioned yesterday, the G published leaked details of the Government ‘Renewable Energy Strategy:
“Revealed: UK’s blueprint for a green revolution”
So &#8211; we may actually be entering into a second industrial revolution if the government gets stuck in with that £100 billion. They’re making all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/a-week-in-the-life-of/</link>
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		<title>Petrol Stations of the future – swap shop or not?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Simon for your comments on Petrol Stations of the Future (and to Will and to Chris also). I started writing responses, but again this is quite a big topic so have turned it into a new post instead (for those who have just joined the thread &#8211; you can read the first post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/10/petrol-stations-of-the-future-swap-shop-or-not/</link>
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