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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...kill petroleum - we will need to make changes to the way we supply and use electricity, both small and large. "Electricity is everywhere and it is extremely low cost," says Mark Duvall, program manager for electric transport at the Electric Power Research Institute. "But we have to take into account the ways that drivers will want to use electricity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is America Ready to Drive Electric? | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...even with infrastructure improvements, the shift to electric cars is likely to take years, even decades. According to Alan Madian, a director at the research firm LECG, even assuming solid growth, we can't expect more than 68 million plug-in hybrids by 2036, which would account for less than 17% of the total estimated fleet at that time. Given that the U.S. car fleet is likely to have grown to over 400 million vehicles by then, we may still end up using more oil in the future than we do today in a business as usual scenario. That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is America Ready to Drive Electric? | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...have a fixed-rate annuity, or a life insurance policy, the ruling regulator is the state where you bought the policy. This is a little trickier. The payout AIG has promised you comes from assets it holds in its general account. If the state insurance commission believes AIG can't meet its obligations to policyholders - and a bankruptcy filing might be an indication of that - the insurance commission can step in. If that happens, there's a chance you won't immediately be able to cash out your policies, at least not without incurring a penalty. That's a tactic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Bomb: What's the Fallout for You? | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...What if I have a brokerage account at Merrill Lynch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Bomb: What's the Fallout for You? | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...Bank of America has about 2,000 of its own financial advisers, and a system in place to connect those planners with the bank's other customers, like those with savings and checking accounts. That infrastructure will be ramped up to accommodate the new Merrill advisers. So if you've got an account at B of A, get ready for the upsell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street's Bomb: What's the Fallout for You? | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

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