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David P. Hamilton : On the Road in France
French road sign warns of curves ahead. Photo from photoguide.cz.On the road in France:A different approach to getting around …you will often find yourself passing through villages where the road shrinks to one lane to be shared with pedestrians, bicycles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobiles, David P. Hamilton, Europe, Fossil Fuels, France, Paris, Transit, Transportation, Travel, Urban Culture
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A Race for the Planet
If the Big three cannot agree to make only cars that are fuel efficient enough to get at least 50 MPG by 2011, 75 MPG by 2013 and 100 MPG by 2015, then they should go into bankruptcy and fend … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobile Industry, Automobiles, Environment, Musicians, Neil Young
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Hawaii : Revolutionary New Electric Car System Proposed
The entrepreneur Shai Agassi, right, met with Anders Eldrup, center, a Danish energy executive, in Copenhagen last March. Photo by Jonas Pryner Andersen / Polfoto / AP.‘By using existing electric car technologies, coupled with an Internet-connected web of tens of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobiles, Electric Cars, Hawaii, Transportation
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Neil Young : How to Save a Major Automobile Company
‘We need visionary people now with business sense to create automobiles that do not contribute to global warming.’By Neil Young See ‘Neil Young’s car heads west’ by Chris Frank and Video, Below. Find a new ownership group. The culture must … Continue reading
Electric Cars Are the Key to Energy Independence
German electric car.‘Anyone who drives an electric car falls in love with an electric car’By David Morris / August 2, 2008. Renewables won’t give us energy independence unless that electricity is used as a substitute for oil in our transportation … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobiles, Carbon Emissions, Electric Cars, Greenhouse Gasses, Renewable Energy
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Jim Hightower : ‘Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.’
Ferrari F430 Spider, just $3,500 a day. Dude.Democratizing luxuryBy Jim Hightower / July 11, 2006 Time to take another peek into the “Lifestyles of the Rich… and Cranky.” A problem for many rich people is that they’re merely rich – … Continue reading
Volkswagen Fast Tracks "One-Liter" Bullet Car
Of course it costs $30-50,000, but thats a detail. Just think of all the money you’re going to save on gasoline. Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 5, 2008 Laugh at high gas prices with a 235-MPG VW(Of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobiles, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Costs
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Two For The Road : Heading For The Exit Lane
By 2012 there should be roughly 10 million fewer vehicles on the road in America… We stand at a turning point for US transport. Real gasoline prices have already surpassed the peak levels that followed the second OPEC oil shocks, … Continue reading
Two For the Road : Killing Off the Small Town
A road going to Leeton, Missouri, population 619. Photo by jelene’s photostream.High Gas Prices Threaten to DrainSmall Towns’ PopulationsBy Donald Bradley / June 28, 2008 LEETON, Missouri – In this small town south of Warrensburg, directions usually begin with, “From … Continue reading
