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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

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She said that it generates more electricity at a lower cost than lead-acid and lithium ion batteries. This company has developed a battery that will run cars among other things. The new technology uses mainly salt water. The website is not even up yet for this social enterprise business. I fervently wish them well. Free Range.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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Environment aside, from a consumers standpoint it makes a tremendous amount of sense. It's much cheaper for the consumer; it's under a dollar a gallon to fuel your vehicle with electricity as opposed to gasoline, so there's a real consumer incentive to support this technology. BB: What's preventing this from happening?