On the long list of “Things for Which I Am a Sucker,” old photos and antique technology are high up there. AutoblogGreen posted a great feature today entitled “Top 10 Green Cars That Have Been Lost to Time (1924-1973.)
Beyond the fact that the blurbs on each vehicle are fascinating the photos are just great. And […]
Posted on August 31st, 2007 by Shorty
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More and more, commuters are looking for ways to save money on gas, while still getting to work on time, which is why sites like Carpool Connect have a great thing going.
What is Carpool Connect? It’s a forum where people in major metropolitan areas throughout the US and Canada can register post ride-sharing ads, both […]
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by QueenMab
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As far back as high school, which was a shade past 25 years now, I knew a family that drove a car powered by compressed natural gas (CNG). Everyone in town described Freddy as “strange” anyway, so it didn’t seem unusual that he’d drive an unusual car. My own Dad would watch the guy motor […]
Posted on August 27th, 2007 by Shorty
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Initial reports suggest that the Volvo C30 diesel hatchback, set to be unveiled next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show, will achieve an impressive 52.26 mpg by doing nothing more than taking common sense design choices. The improvements include:
Refinements to the software that manages the engine.
The use of low-friction transmission oil.
Selection of tires with low […]
Posted on August 25th, 2007 by Shorty
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If you haven’t heard of GEM (Global Electric Motorcars) they’re owned by Chrysler and they make “neighborhood electric vehicles.” The company recently received a “Blue Sky Merit” award from WestStart-CALSTART (an environmental group based in California). During the last ten years GEM has sold approximately 14,000 electric vehicles in California.
When the news item came through […]
Posted on August 23rd, 2007 by Shorty
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Maybe it’s just my age. I grew up in a world where people knew the movie line about plastics from The Graduate and I remember being severely chastised for putting plastic in our first microwave . . . which was in fact the first microwave period in the small West Texas town where I grew […]
Posted on August 21st, 2007 by Shorty
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AutoblogGreen is reporting on milk ethanol, which has just gone on sale in New Zealand. The fuel is made by Fonterra, a dairy cooperative and sold by Gull, a chain of 30 family owned “petrol” stations in the country.
Fonterra has a capacity to produce 30,000 litres of ethanol daily and is part of New Zealand’s […]
Posted on August 19th, 2007 by Shorty
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Okay, I stay away from politics as a topic of discussion with a purple passion, but I do think it’s worth noting the new political cachet of hybrid tech. These days if you’re running for office or married to someone running for office, you don’t want to be caught driving the wrong thing.
Bill Clinton, for […]
Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Shorty
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Trying to lead a green life and being a car enthusiast is a schizophrenic existence, especially when you run across articles like “The Fume-Spewing, Fattening Car is Also Utterly Expendable” by Lynsey Hanley, writing for The Guardian.
Essentially Hanley points out that the automobile does “more damage to our bodies, our built environment, our climate and […]
Posted on August 15th, 2007 by Shorty
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My relationship with garbage trucks is love/hate at best. Of course I want the bags of stuff carried away. (Trust me on this, I have three cats.) But there are three things that make me want to throttle trash men:
Time is indeed relative to them.
Anything that involves them having to get off the truck probably […]
Posted on August 13th, 2007 by Shorty
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