#tcot #teaparty #union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot Electric vehicle CO2 emissions should be reduced, researchers say http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/electric-vehicle-co2-emissions-should-be-reduced-researchers-say/ Linda Ager-Wick Ellingsen, a Fellow in Industrial Ecology at Norway’s University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, has authored a report into the production of the lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars. “The batteries are manufactured largely in China, Japan and South Korea. These are countries that have a different energy mix than what we are used to in Norway. China uses a lot of coal-fired power,” she told Aftenposten this week... RELATED: http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/02/08/myths-and-facts-about-electric-cars/185798