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Ken Norwick, electric vehicle advocate
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09 Jul 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Ken Norwick is a systems analyst and an electric vehicle advocate who converted his 1996 Saturn to electric power two years ago. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 09 Jul 2002 CALGARY, Alberta, Canada I turn the key to the start position on my homemade 1996 Saturn electric car and hold it for about a second. The soft click that follows is the only indication that the car has started. I push the clutch in and shift into reverse. With your foot off of the a ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, electric vehicles (all these topics) |
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Ken Norwick, electric vehicle advocate
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08 Jul 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Ken Norwick is a systems analyst and an electric vehicle advocate who converted his 1996 Saturn to electric power two years ago. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 08 Jul 2002 CALGARY, Alberta, Canada I'm a programmer by way of occupation, but a "Curious George" by nature. I like to spend my free time out in my garage tinkering away. For the next five days I am going to describe what it is like to live and commute with an electric car -- specific ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, electric vehicles (all these topics) |
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Ken Norwick, electric vehicle advocate
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08 Jul 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Ken Norwick is a systems analyst and an electric vehicle advocate who converted his 1996 Saturn to electric power two years ago. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 I was going to begin this diary by discussing what I call "topographical driving," which involves planning a trip according to the obstacles you are likely to encounter, for the purpose of minimizing energy use. But the last two diary entries seem to have touched a nerve with a few readers out ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, electric vehicles (all these topics) |
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Car Talk
On hybrid cars |
Umbra Fisk |
04 Jun 2002 |
Ask Umbra |
| Umbra, hi, With Honda having just released its gas-electric hybrid Civic in the U.S., many enviros are scrambling to buy one. But one question that hasn't been answered to my knowledge is whether the total amount of energy, pollution, mining, etc. involved in making a new car -- even a hybrid -- constitutes a greater overall environmental impact than the added emissions and fossil-fuel consumption of a huge old second-hand clunker that would cost ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Sally Bingham, The Regeneration Project
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29 Mar 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Sally Bingham is the director of The Regeneration Project. She is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California and the environmental minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 29 Mar 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Today is one of the holiest days in the Christian Church, and once again it is a beautiful day in San Francisco. I spent a good part of yesterday at Grace Cathedral. During the noon service for the clergy ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, Prius, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Sally Bingham, The Regeneration Project
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28 Mar 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Sally Bingham is the director of The Regeneration Project. She is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California and the environmental minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 28 Mar 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. It's a beautiful day here in San Francisco: The sun is shining, the air is clear and you can see forever. (Almost.) From home, I look out over the trees to the water; from my office I can see the Presidi ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, Prius, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Sally Bingham, The Regeneration Project
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27 Mar 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Sally Bingham is the director of The Regeneration Project. She is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California and the environmental minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 27 Mar 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Life is glorious and I hope you all agree. I feel particularly blessed today as I pack up my computer and papers to head for the office. (I cart my laptop back and forth between work and home in case I ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, Prius, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Sally Bingham, The Regeneration Project
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26 Mar 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Sally Bingham is the director of The Regeneration Project. She is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California and the environmental minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 26 Mar 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. I walked home last night under a beautiful rosy sky, appreciating the calm after a long and tiring day in the office. Mondays can be like that, especially when my assistant is out. Yesterday was mostly c ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, Prius, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Sally Bingham, The Regeneration Project
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25 Mar 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Sally Bingham is the director of The Regeneration Project. She is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California and the environmental minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 25 Mar 2002 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. When you are an active priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California and the director of a not-for-profit business, there isn't much time for R & R. Luckily, my work is inspirational and exciting. Let ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, Prius, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Sticker Shocker
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06 Mar 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Sticker Shocker But never fear, there's still some hope: Eco-friendly products might not be raking in the dough, but 60 percent of new-car buyers say they would purchase a more fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle, even if it raised the sticker price of the car. That was the conclusion of a study released today by auto industry research firm J.D. Power and Associates, which also found that nearl ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics) |
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Katie Alvord, author
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15 Feb 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Katie Alvord is the author of Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile. She lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 15 Feb 2002 UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. Yesterday I heard a rumor that there's sap running in some of the local sugar maples. If that's true, it's highly unusual for February -- sap usually doesn't run until spring -- but we may have had enough unseasonably warm days this winter to confuse the trees. Even t ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, green living, Michigan (all these topics) |
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Katie Alvord, author
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14 Feb 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Katie Alvord is the author of Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile. She lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 14 Feb 2002 UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. I suppose Valentine's Day is an appropriate time to share a ride into town with my spouse. With today's trip we'll attend two appointments and run half a dozen errands. When we share rides to town, we often park in one central place, then walk to our various des ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, green living, Michigan (all these topics) |
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Katie Alvord, author
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13 Feb 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Katie Alvord is the author of Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile. She lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 13 Feb 2002 UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. I'm sitting at my computer in cozy slippers and my favorite sweatshirt, getting ready for another work-at-home day. Outside my window a few snowflakes drift down between bare gray maple branches and deep green spruce boughs, a calm contrast to yesterday's Arctic bl ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, green living, Michigan (all these topics) |
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Katie Alvord, author
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12 Feb 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Katie Alvord is the author of Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile. She lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 12 Feb 2002 UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. Snow is flying, the wind is howling, the temperature's dropping and I'm about to cycle an invigorating 11 miles into town. Once during a visit to our Congress member's office to urge support for alternatives to cars, I mentioned that I had snow tires on my bike. His ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, green living, Michigan (all these topics) |
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Katie Alvord, author
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11 Feb 2002 |
Dispatches |
| Katie Alvord is the author of Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile. She lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 11 Feb 2002 UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. It's Monday morning and I've just completed my regular commute: strolling from bedroom to office, a journey of 22 steps, in my slippers. I love wearing slippers to work. I'm a freelance writer and work at home, using telecommunications to access the rest of the world ... |
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| Topics: cars, Dispatches, green living, Michigan (all these topics) |
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States of Disgrace
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12 Nov 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| States of Disgrace New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont may postpone for four years a requirement that automakers increase sales of electric cars to improve air quality. Two years ago, the states adopted California's standard, which mandates that by next year, 8 percent of cars sold must be much cleaner than current cars and another 2 percent must be entirely emissions-free (i.e. ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, electric vehicles, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont (all these topics) |
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David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists
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12 Oct 2001 |
Dispatches |
| David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 12 Oct 2001 DAVIS, Calif. When I can squeeze time away on Fridays, ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists
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11 Oct 2001 |
Dispatches |
| David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 11 Oct 2001 BERKELEY, Calif. It's late in the afternoon and I ju ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists
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10 Oct 2001 |
Dispatches |
| David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 10 Oct 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. Meetings, meetings, meetings. Toda ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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Coupe Coup
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10 Oct 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Coupe Coup Less than 6 percent of 2002 model cars and trucks now hitting showrooms get better than 30 miles per gallon, according to a report released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. On average, the fuel economy for the cars (23.9 mpg) is a bit worse than the 2001 model year. The gas-electric hybrid Honda Insight, a two-seat coupe, takes top honors in fuel economy, at 64 mpg; the hybrid Toyota Prius, a ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics) |
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David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists
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09 Oct 2001 |
Dispatches |
| David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 09 Oct 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C. This morning's task is to write a th ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists
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08 Oct 2001 |
Dispatches |
| David Friedman is a senior analyst with the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. UCS educates and works with the public to advocate for environmental solutions based on the best scientific understanding. The Clean Vehicles Program develops and promote strategies to reduce the adverse impacts of the U.S. transportation system. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 08 Oct 2001 NEW YORK, N.Y. On a normal Monday, I wake up in Oaklan ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, cars, Dispatches, energy efficiency, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics) |
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They Could Car Less
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24 Sep 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| They Could Car Less Seattle is finding sweet success with an experimental program that encourages couples to give up their extra vehicle. After a recent nine-week pilot program, six of 23 couples were thinking of selling their extra car, two were trying to sell it, and two had already sold it. The couples were paid $25 for the first three weeks of the program, during which they continued to use their extra car and k ... |
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| Topics: cars, placemaking, Seattle, Washington (all these topics) |
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Bay City Rollers
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10 Sep 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| Bay City Rollers Hybrid cars are all the rage in the San Francisco Bay area. About one in five hybrids sold in the U.S. has been purchased in the Bay area, and the average waiting time to buy a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight is five months at local dealers. Drivers say heads turn as their cars cruise by; some folks even talk of the sex appeal of the vehicles. In related news, across the U.S. ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, placemaking, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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EV Rider
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25 Jul 2001 |
Daily Grist |
| EV Rider As part of a pilot program by California to reduce pollution and increase the popularity of gas-free vehicles, Anaheim is offering free use of 10 electric cars in some of its lower-income neighborhoods. The golf cart-like cars are available to people who have a valid driver's license and a decent driving record. With a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour, the cars are ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, cars, electric vehicles, green living, placemaking (all these topics) |
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