Finding an American satellite operator to plug the gap in Sky Global Networks may well seem to him to be the crowning jewel in a glittering business career.

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As Petreaus and Crocker warned this week, if the US Congress or the next administration decides to pull the plug on American-led efforts in Iraq, the results will be horrendous.

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CHAdeMO uses a totally different plug than the American 240-volt J1772, so that meant two different outlets on the car.

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Southwest lets you plug in your info manually, while American won't even allow that.

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But I do know if the Japanese can design an affordable plug-in hybrid, then doggone it, the American people ought to be able to do it, too.

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GM's plug-in electric hybrid, the Volt, won the coveted North American Car of the Year award, while Ford won the award for best truck.

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American automakers, who sit on the SAE advisory panel, say they like a combo plug better than CHAdeMO because it will allow a single charge port hidden behind what used to be the gasoline filler.

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The Green Book, produced by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), says that in evaluating plug-in hybrids, it considers both the emissions from the gas engine and from the power plants that feed the grid.

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