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Emission Comparison Chart
This is an interesting visual chart of CO2 emission from different sources to power a car.
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Model T has same fuel economy as modern cars
The 1908 Ford Model T went at 25 miles per gallon. As of 2004, the average fuel economy of cars and trucks was 24.6 miles per gallon. Despite the fact that modern cars can go faster, the Model T topped at 45 miles per hour. Is speed really worth it when work could be done to make for more fuel efficiency?
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The 1908 Ford Model T went at 25 miles per gallon. As of 2004, the average fuel economy of cars and trucks was 24.6 miles per gallon.... more -
Global Warming Doomsday Called Off
This movie (not a clip) broadcast by Reason TV (not me) critiques the widespread and policitized doomsdayist viewpoint centered around the negative effects of global warming. The gist of the movie is that much of today's political motivation to reduce greenhouse emissions is based on poorly programmed computer modeling. The movie states that the models are flawed because those who programmed them had incomplete knowledge of how global climate change really works. Scientists in the movie take aim at the widely accepted "hockey stick" depiction of the recent spike in global temperature, claim that sea levels are actually dropping, not rising, and tell us that, when measured from the surrounding atmosphere, global temperature fluctuations are not as dramatic as those measured on the ground, where temperatures may be influenced by heat relfected by surrounding buildings and pavement. This movie (not a clip) broadcast by Reason TV (not me) critiques the widespread and policitized doomsdayist viewpoint centered around... more
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Climate goal unreachable. Time to panic.
"... We may within 50 years need to take all, or almost all, the carbon out of the way we live. That would need an extraordinary technological and social revolution."
"...the UK still plans a huge airport expansion, there is not the slightest hint of a deal that would see rich nations pay poor nations to capture their emissions from coal and even Democrats in the US Congress want to postpone any tough action on emissions until after 2020."
"...since the world committed to avoid dangerous climate change, emissions globally are up around 22%, the highest levels of CO2 since dinosaurs roamed a sweltering earth." "... We may within 50 years need to take all, or almost all, the carbon out of the way we live. That would need an extraordinary techn... more -
Senate Blocks Energy Bill
Brushing aside a veto threat from the White House, the House passed a package of energy measures on Thursday that includes a 40 percent increase in fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the United States. But the measure stalled today in the Senate, as expected.
The bills supporters say it will reduce the nations dependence on imported oil, jump-start development of clean-energy technologies and sharply reduce the nations production of heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide.
But the complex and costly bill faces the prospect of a radical rewrite in the Senate because of opposition there to two provisions: $21 billion in new taxes, mostly on the oil industry, and a mandate that electric utilities must generate 15 percent of their power from alternative sources, like wind or solar. The White House threatened to veto the bill if the final version contains those or several other provisions passed by the House.
YAY our government! Brushing aside a veto threat from the White House, the House passed a package of energy measures on Thursday that includes a 40 percen... more -
Truck, SUV mileage standards thrown out by U.S. appeals court
"The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal transportation agency on Thursday to rewrite its fuel economy standards for many SUVs, minivans and light trucks, arguing that the new rules are inadequate in part because they fail to properly assess the risk of global warming.
The decision is a huge win for several environmental groups and 11 states, including California, that argued that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new fuel economy standards ignored the effects of carbon dioxide emissions." "The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a federal transportation agency on Thursday to rewrite its fuel economy standards for... more -
Things to Never Say to a Dealer
Good to know and I think it alsoworks with every other dealer in life!
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Noxious New Delhi
Every day Delhi is registering 994 new cars and all these are private cars. In a city with nearly half a million vehicles, you can expect high pollution levels.... cars are the real culprit. Every day Delhi is registering 994 new cars and all these are private cars. In a city with nearly half a million vehicles, you can exp... more
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2 CENTS A MILE!!!
The plug in car is not the future - it is the present. Don't just get a Hybrid - go one step furthur and get a Plug-in Hybrid. RechargeIT is just anoter brilliant initiative by Google that leads to a diminished oil dependancy and a revolution in the automative industry. The plug in car is not the future - it is the present. Don't just get a Hybrid - go one step furthur and get a Plug-in Hybrid. Rech... more
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California to Sue Over Auto Emissions
The state's attorney general said Monday that he would sue the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force it to decide whether to let California and 11 other states impose stricter standards on certain vehicle emissions. The state's attorney general said Monday that he would sue the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to force it to decide whe... more
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