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Silly	David Roberts	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill
But what can I say? I'm male. Scatological humor is in the DNA. (h/t: Grist reader LS)
Topics: cars, climate, energy, funnies, renewable energy (all these topics)

Project Better Place CPR for the electric car	Adam Browning	31 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Project Better Place has a new take on jumpstarting the electrification of transportation: they've raised $200 million (about enough to buy, what, three fuel cell vehicles?) to start building infrastructure for charging and battery exchange stations. That's just a down payment. If you play Internet Nancy Drew for a sec you will quickly find out that Israel Corp, a major investor, also has a stake in oil refineries, and 45 percent of Chery, the Chinese car company t ...
Topics: cars, electricity grid, energy storage, energy, solar voltaic power, electric vehicles, renewable energy (all these topics)

Two Become One Major car-sharing companies will merge		31 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:31 PM on 31 Oct 2007 Major car-sharing companies Flexcar and Zipcar announced yesterday that they plan to merge. Zipcar, the larger of the two, has had strong growth mainly in large cities on the East Coast; Flexcar is more widely available on the West Coast. In both schemes, members can reserve a car over the phone or the interwebs, generally at a cheap hourly rate, then return it to its same location. Gas, repairs, parking, and ...
Topics: business, cars, news, placemaking (all these topics)

The 'Nissan bloc'	David Roberts	30 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Xenophobia rears its ugly head in the CAFE debate.
Topics: cars, climate, energy, fuel efficiency, politics (all these topics)

Here to stay Why I don't agree with James Kunstler about peak oil and the 'end of suburbia'	Joseph Romm	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The remarkably low fueling cost of the best current hybrids (like the Toyota Prius) and future plug-in hybrids are major reasons I don't worry as much about peak oil as some do. James Kunstler, for instance, argues in his 2005 book The Long Emergency (see Rolling Stone excerpt here) that after oil production peaks, suburbia 'will become untenable' and 'we will have to say farewell to easy motoring.' In Rolling Stone, Kunstler writes, 'Suburbia will come to be reg ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, hybrids, oil (all these topics)

Ad Hawk European Parliament votes to require car ads include warnings on CO2 emissions		29 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:27 AM on 29 Oct 2007 The European Parliament recently voted that car ads must include warnings on vehicle CO2 emissions. If the rule successfully negotiates the rest of the European Union legislative process, 20 percent of a car ad would have to warn or educate consumers about the CO2 emitted from the vehicles advertised, as well as their fuel consumption. The 20 percent rule would apply to overal ...
Topics: cars, climate, European Union, legislation, news (all these topics)

URGE2, baby Automakers debate skipping directly to full-electric cars	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Ah, finally! The argument surfacing among auto-industry leaders gathering for the Tokyo Motor Show this week is over whether it is time to skip past partial electrification of cars -- represented by gasoline-electric hybrids such as the Toyota Prius -- and push instead to revive the idea of an all-electric car. On one side are Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp. Both have played down all-electric cars in favor of developing gasoline-elec ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Let's Make a Deal Green car dealerships sell alternative vehicles		25 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:58 PM on 25 Oct 2007 Want to buy a green car (and we're not talkin' paint color)? Get thee to one of at least 16 car dealerships in the U.S. that sell only alternative vehicles. Says one green dealer in Montana: "This is exciting, this is innovating ... and you can make money doing this. What can be more American?" From the Archives Ed Would. Colleges graded on sustainability. The G ...
Topics: business, cars, news (all these topics)

I need a new vehicle Tell BioD what car to buy	biodiversivist	25 Oct 2007	Gristmill
My beater has passed 170,000 miles. I couldn't get the key to turn the other day, and the steering column wouldn't lock. Rather than spend a day ripping my car apart, I had it towed to a dealership where I was told it would cost $900 to repair. A spring had broken and the column lock pin had fallen into the key mechanism. I told the mechanic to throw the pin and spring away because I don't care if the column locks, I just don't want it to lock while I'm driving down ...
Topics: cars (all these topics)

Take 'Em for a Ride NYT revs up special package on cars		24 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:04 PM on 24 Oct 2007 The New York Times published a gazillion-story special section on autos today, with many articles covering the green angle. Read up about General Motors' electric dreams, the difficulty facing Hummer marketers, waterless car washes, and more. source:� The New York Times From the Archives You're Getting Warmer, Warmer ... Sprawling homes susceptible to flames in California. Dilution ...
Topics: cars, green living, news, placemaking (all these topics)

The big bet Your chance to get in on the hydrogen action	Joseph Romm	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Treehugger reports on a public bet I have made with Greg Blencoe, CEO of Hydrogen Discoveries: Greg Blencoe wins if hydrogen fuel cell vehicles hit 1% of new sales of the typically-defined car and light truck market in the U.S. during 2015 or any year before. Joseph Romm wins if it is 2016 or any year after. At stake is $1000, plus a certain amount of pride (if I lose, I must be photographed wearing a t-shirt saying 'I was wrong about hydrogen.') I am certainly p ...
Topics: hydrogen, energy, cars (all these topics)

Jet vs. Vette On planes and cars	Umbra Fisk	17 Oct 2007	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, Which is less harmful to the environment when traveling long distances, flying or driving? A jet puts out a lot of exhaust, but since it carries a lot of people, maybe it's less than having everyone drive themselves? Craig Denver, Colo. Dearest Craig, Jeepers it was fun to find out the answer to this question for you -- the Math Whiz has joined me in the basement, and we are dorking out on carbon emissions on your behalf. Here ...
Topics: advice, air travel, Ask Umbra, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, travel (all these topics)

Congestion Is the cure worse than the disease?	Clark Williams-Derry	15 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The ever-geekalicious Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute had a great take on traffic congestion a few weeks back on Planetizen. As Litman explains, most congestion studies (such as this annual study, which always gets a lot of press) consistently overestimate the costs of congestion. But even using these relatively high estimates, the costs of congestion are pretty modest, compared with the comprehensive costs of owning and operating ...
Topics: cars, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Chick car Reaper on the Prius	David Roberts	15 Oct 2007	Gristmill
CW has a new show called Reaper, about a slacker whose parents sold his soul to the devil, who he now has to work for. It's genial enough, funny in bits. I like to keep an eye on how Priuses and hybrids are used in television, and this one was amusing:
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius, TV (all these topics)

Slow your city Like they do it in Italy	Tom Philpott	08 Oct 2007	Gristmill
From Der Spiegel:It's not easy to be punctual for a meeting with Stefano Cimicchi. Parking places are hard to come by in Orvieto, even if cars are still legal. Cars in the city center stick out like a sore thumb among strolling pedestrians, who move to the sides of the streets with studied slowness. After a couple of twisty laps though the narrow medieval alleyways of the old town center, you might find a parking place on the edge of the small Umbrian town -- and pay ha ...
Topics: cars, green living, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Hybrid owners beware Priceless Colbert	JMG	07 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, electric vehicles, funnies, hybrids, TV (all these topics)

Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus -- Part III What Californians know that Shellenberger & Nordhaus don't	Joseph Romm	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'The kind of technological revolution called for by energy experts typically does not occur via regulatory fiat' claim Shellenberger & Nordhaus. Actually, that is typically the only way it occurs. I defy anyone to name a country that has successfully adopted alternative fuels for vehicles without employing some kind of regulatory mandate. This is also true in the electricity sector. Consider that in terms of electricity consumption, the average Californian gen ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

Discover Brilliant Q&A: Bill Williams of Zenn Motors A chat with Zenn about NEVs and EEstor	David Roberts	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I talked to a few people at Discover Brilliant. I'll be getting Q&As up over the coming weeks. Bill Williams is the California sales director for Zenn Motor Co., maker of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs). In addition to selling one of the most full-featured NEVs, Zenn has an exclusive contract with a tight-lipped and somewhat mysterious company called EEstor. EEstor claims it's making an ultracapacitor that will so far outperform previous capacitors tha ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, energy, fuel efficiency, hybrids, interview (all these topics)

Traffic report How much does congestion affect society?	Clark Williams-Derry	22 Sep 2007	Gristmill
The big story this week was congestion: the Texas Transportation Institute released its annual Urban Mobility Study to the typical fanfare. See, e.g., stories here, here, here, here, here, and here. The headlines, as always, are gloomy: congestion's on the rise just about everywhere, and is wasting our time, gas, and money. The word from the researchers isn't particularly hopeful either. Sure, there are things that can be done to slow the increase in con ...
Topics: cars, placemaking (all these topics)

Well, Where Else Are They Going to Get Them? Feds apologize for encouraging employees to buy fuel-efficient Japanese cars		21 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:47 PM on 21 Sep 2007 A Bush administration official has apologized for encouraging government employees to consider buying fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Which is why we have a "dumbassery" tag. source:� Associated Press From the Archives Electronic Boogie. Greenpeace releases another ranking of tech companies' environmental rec ...
Topics: cars, dumbassery , fuel efficiency, news, politics (all these topics)

Carfree to Be You and Me Sept. 22 is World Carfree Day		21 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:55 AM on 21 Sep 2007 Tomorrow is World Carfree Day. You know what to do. From the Archives Bat Out of Heaven. Red Sox partner with NRDC to green Fenway Park. The Anarchist Cookbook, Vegan Edition. Mistrial declared for eco-activist accused of inciting vegans to bomb. Shiny Happy People. Utility will pay for solar on Habitat for Humanity houses in California. News Archives
Topics: cars, grassroots activism, innovation, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Adventures in the smart grid no. 3 Who will lead on advancing smart-grid technologies?	Patrick Mazza	21 Sep 2007	Gristmill
To bring on the amounts of variable wind and solar energy and plug-in vehicles needed to meet our vast energy challenges, we will need a smart grid capable of managing much more complex power flows. Outside of some progressive exemplars, however, don't expect leadership to come from the utility sector. Instead, changes will be forced by new policies and players, including some you might not expect, like big box retailers. Those were my key takeaways from the stell ...
Topics: cars, electricity grid, energy, hybrids (all these topics)

Discover Brilliant: Plug-in hybrids A panel discussion on how much plug-ins rule	David Roberts	18 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Today at lunch: 'Squeezing the Balloon -- The Opportunities and Challenges in Plug-In Hybrids,' by conference moderator P.S. Reilly. Also: Andy somebody from UC Davis, John Baker from Austin Energy Andy: Oil prices are rising, peak oil's on the way, automakers are worried they won't be able to sell their cars. Plug-ins offer redundancy -- two sources of energy. Baker: We see it as a way of addressing climate change. Third guy whose name I didn't catch: I looked a ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids (all these topics)

Nuisance Review Judge tosses out lawsuit brought by California against automakers		18 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 10:21 AM on 18 Sep 2007 Automakers gained an edge yesterday in the Big Auto vs. California debate, as a federal judge tossed out a lawsuit against the world's six largest auto companies brought by California Attorney General Jerry Brown. Brown had claimed that because of the harmful environmental effects of vehicles' greenhouse-gas emissions, the Big Six were running afoul of California's public nuisance ...
Topics: Big Auto, California, cars, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, litigation, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

China to hold no-car day Residents in over 100 Chinese cities urged to walk, bike, or use public transit this Saturday	Adam Browning	17 Sep 2007	Gristmill
China, once famed as a bicycling nation, tries to put the genie back in the bottle.
Topics: bikes, cars, China, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

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