Reuters Mon Jul 27, 2009. Quote: Colin Dodge, Executive Vice President, and chairman of the (\Nissan) management committee for Africa, Middle East, India and Europe said earlier this month…. “Even though we’ve got hybrid technology, we still believe the vast majority of the segment of the future is best served with the ultimate solution on CO2 — zero emissions,” he said.

Credit Suisse analysts said that while technology developments for conventional internal combustion engines could cut CO2 emissions by up to 30 percent, and hybrid technology could make for a further reduction of 50 percent, “further improvement from here will likely require more radical powertrain alternatives.”

ZED Comment: The ultimate solution in zero emissions is the ZED (Zero Emissions Design) engine, a completely different, radical powertrain alternative which can be built for the same cost as a gasoline engine, yet deliver zero emissions and better performance. For more information contact: corpcomm@zedpower.com

LONDON (Reuters Wed Jul 15, 2009) - The world will remain heavily dependent on fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal for the rest of this century, despite the best efforts of governments to move toward renewable energy, an energy economist said on Wednesday. Peter Odell, professor of international energy studies at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and author of the bestselling World and Oil Power, said the drive to limit greenhouse gases was likely to be held back by both technology and economics.

“Coal, oil and gas will continue to dominate the energy market throughout the 21st century,” he said.

ZED COMMENT - Professor Dell has come to a logical conclusion given the lack of an engine to date, which can power our global economy with the performance of gasoline. Without the technology, such as ZED, which can broadly replace ANY engine in ANY application, niche use of electric, hybrid and other technologies will not broadly limit the drive to decrease greenhouse gases. Following a global search by NERAC,  ZED is the only engine technology which has zero emissions, as well as the gasoline-like performance needed to broadly change the transportation paradigm.