Filed under: Diesel, Legislation and Policy
AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) made a very sobering report to the federal commission on highways on May 9. They pretty bluntly stated that the use of the roads by trucking is outpacing the revenue being collected to maintain the roads. Like vehicles without fuel, vehicles [...]
Filed under: Diesel, MINI
Click the photo for a high-res gallery of the new Mini Cooper D
A couple of months ago the latest generation Mini went on sale in Europe in a Cooper D edition with the D being a reference to Dr. Rudolf and his magical oil burner. The 53.5mpg diesel Mini has never been [...]
Filed under: MPG, Volvo
One of the (relatively) unknown facts that Volvo has is a driving academy that gives a course on how to save gas with savvy driving.
The Volvo Cars Driving Academy (VCDA) is located in Göteborg, on the west of Sweden. About 12 students at a time enter the course. They first get [...]
Posted by Dave (at the last day of the International Whaling Commission, in Anchorage, Alaska)
A round of applause just echoed around the chamber – a majority vote of 37-4 in favour of the CITES resolution has effectively overturned the St. Kitts Declaration from last year’s IWC. The St. Kitt’s resolution, which effectively declared that a [...]
From the AP story: “President Bush on Thursday urged 15 major nations to agree by the end of next year on a global emissions goal for reducing greenhouse gases.”
Sounds very proactive of him. But wait a sec. There are already globally agreed emission reduction targets. They were set in Kyoto, Japan… 10 [...]
This month I wrote about making biodiesel from algae, growing biodiesel crops in freeway medians, refinery issues surrounding high gas prices, and the demand for sustainable biofuels.
Here are some stories I missed:
Al Gore was in Argentina, where he spoke before the biofuel industry there (May 1) Argentina is looking to jump on the biofuel bandwagon [...]
Temperatures are on the rise (for those of us in the northern hemisphere) and the sun can really pack a punch especially during the heat of the day. Make sure your SPF is doing its job without those pesky chemicals.
Many brands of sunblock contain chemicals with estrogenic properties – meaning they can be [...]
Beijing will shut down smoke-belching factories and ban thousands of cars from city streets to improve air quality during next year’s Olympic Games, a senior city official said on Thursday.
Filed under: Etc., Solar
Do you remember the hydrogen fuel cell powered toy cars that we have shown you in the past? If you do, you might also remember the fact that they are extremely expensive, which is the problem with hydrogen powered products of any kind. If you like the idea of alternative power for [...]
Filed under: Chrysler, Ford, GM, Toyota, Carbon Offset, Legislation and Policy
They’re launching a counterattack, according to Automotive News (subs req’d). The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (consisting of the Big 2.5, Toyota and five others) submits that California regulators and those of the tagalong states have been misleading the public about the benefits of such regulations.
While [...]
