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Idle oughts We still heart Rocky Anderson	Kate Sheppard	15 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Rocky Anderson is in the news again, reminding us why we all love him. Now he's taking on idling autos, calling for city-owned vehicles and personal vehicles on city business to limit their idling to five minutes, except in emergency situations. Fifty percent of air pollution in Utah comes from cars and trucks, and Rocky wants the city to do their part in cutting down on the smog-creating emissions. His environmental adviser, Jordan Gates, says this latest executi ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics, Utah (all these topics)

Engines could easily gulp less gas MIT lab rats cook up a less wasteful gasoline engine	Elsa Mary	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Don't hum the requiem for the gasoline engine just yet. MIT brainiacs say it's easier than imagined to flip a car between the usual gas-guzzling state to a low-pollution, ultra-efficient mode. The researchers have tested a system that can run on a quarter less than the usual amount of gas without needing any fancy fuel. With the flick of a switch, the setup alternates between regular, spark-triggered combustion and experimental homogeneous charge compression ignitio ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, oil, placemaking (all these topics)

Dems do in fact wimp out on CAFE for now Sadly	Joseph Romm	02 Aug 2007	Gristmill
E&E Daily (subs. req'd) confirms earlier press reports: Markey [D-MA] said in a statement yesterday that he decided to pull his amendment after consulting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), even though he believed he had the votes to move the legislation. While Pelosi personally favored a CAFE standard of 35 miles per gallon, industry lobbyists said she did not whip votes on the legislation and it appeared Markey was not assured of the ...
Topics: climate, Ed Markey, energy, fuel efficiency, John Dingell, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Coach buses provide long-distance, low-emission convenience Greyhound gets some competition from Megabus.com	Gar Lipow	02 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Buses, on average, get low passenger miles per gallon in the U.S., because they stop often and don't use most of their capacity. Coach buses -- providing prebooked travel between cities -- don't suffer from these limitations. Megabus.com, a new niche player in this market, provides cheap, comfortable travel between nearby cities with travel time comparable to driving or taking commuter airlines (in a very small portion of the U.S.). Efficiency is 184 passenger miles ...
Topics: fuel efficiency, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics)

Democrats poised to wimp out on CAFE for now; Dingell pursues 'poison pill' strategy on climate The latest from Congress	Joseph Romm	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The Washington Post reports today: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) claims to have rounded up about 200 votes for an amendment raising fuel economy standards, while the Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, John D. Dingell (Mich.) and 50 other Democrats have signed on to a weaker version ... But yesterday, Pelosi said the bill was not likely to address fuel economy at all, postponing the issue until a conference committee reconciles House and Senate e ...
Topics: climate, Ed Markey, energy, fuel efficiency, John Dingell, Nancy Pelosi, politics (all these topics)

Attribute-based CAFE standards Are wack	David Roberts	31 Jul 2007	Gristmill
In his SOTU speech earlier this year, Bush proposed updating and reforming CAFE standards. Skeptical? Good. You're not stupid. As I wrote here, one of his reforms is to make the whole CAFE system "attribute-based," meaning different mileage standards would apply to different classes of vehicles based on their, um, attributes -- mainly size. This would make things unnecessarily complicated and perpetuate the double standard that has encouraged the domination ...
Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, politics (all these topics)

Is the Chevy Volt just more GM greenwashing? Sure looks that way	Joseph Romm	29 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Back in May, I was seduced by GM's seeming sincerity in developing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt. We must always remember, however, that GM is a master greenwasher. An article in Edmunds, 'Chevrolet Volt Goes to Washington To Underline GM's Anti-CAFE-Increase Argument,' suggests GM is using the Volt the same way it used fuel cell cars to kill the electric car in California (as the movie explains): General Motors' North American operations chief, ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, greenwashing, hybrids (all these topics)

Everyone's a critic A quick review of Project Phin	Adam Browning	27 Jul 2007	Gristmill
By my lights, the world's best movie critic is Janet Maslin, hands down. She has a simple formula: she lets you know if the movie sucks or not, she doesn't give away the ending, and she is funny. Take her review of The Bridges of Madison County. The second 'graph begins like this: 'Arguably the world's longest greeting card ... ' Beautiful. Someday I hope to be able to slide a metaphoric shiv with such economy. Anyway, the NYT has Maslin off movies and on the boo ...
Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, green living, movies (all these topics)

All You Need Is Lovins A conversation with energy guru Amory Lovins	David Roberts	26 Jul 2007	Main Dish
If politicians think in sound bites and intellectuals think in sentences, Amory Lovins thinks in white papers. His speech is studded with pregnant pauses -- you can almost hear the whirs and clicks as an enormous mass of statistics, analyses, and aphorisms is trimmed and edited into a manageable length. I've talked to experts who struggle to substantiate their answers. Lovins struggles to leave thing ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, biofuels, cars, coal, Congress, energy, energy efficiency, ethanol, fuel efficiency, Iraq, renewable energy (all these topics)

Plug-in hybrids rule; PHEV Hypercars rule even more Let's go all the way	Gar Lipow	26 Jul 2007	Gristmill
When David pointed out that plug-in electric hybrids (PHEVs) can reduce carbon emissions in all possible futures, two main arguments were raised in opposition -- practicality, and the possibility that they will provide too low a reduction, while blocking the path to something better. The way commercial plug-ins look to be implemented within the next five years is that normal hybrids will be built with large batteries and the ability to plug into a socket in your d ...
Topics: energy, placemaking, fuel efficiency, hybrids, cars, electric vehicles, green living, tech (all these topics)

Great news	David Roberts	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Soon you'll be able to get a GMC Yukon that gets almost 20 mpg!
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, green living (all these topics)

Go Get 'Em, Plugger Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study		23 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Go Get 'Em, Plugger Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study Plug-in hybrid vehicles, long extolled here at Grist HQ, seem always to elicit one question from doubters: Wouldn't running cars on electricity just mean more emissions from power plants? Answer: No! According to a ne ...
Topics: cars, climate, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Your mileage may vary Why bicycling is 25 percent better than you thought	Eric de Place	19 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Your car's greenhouse-gas emissions are about 25 percent worse than you think. How so? Well, for each gallon of gas you burn in your engine, there's the climate equivalent of another quarter-gallon or so embedded in your consumption. What that means is this: the gasoline you use didn't just magically appear in your tank -- it was extracted, refined, and transported to your local station. And all that activity released emissions. It's a curiosity of our energy ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics)

Why can't Detroit take the same approach? Boeing's new Dreamliner plane boasts increased fuel efficiency	Christina Larson	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A few years ago, Boeing was struggling. Sales were slipping, financial forecasts grim. Meanwhile Airbus, a foreign competitor, passed the former champ in total sales. Now the tables are turned. There are several reasons for the stellar advance sales of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner, but I can't help but point out one: After years of research into lightweight carbon-fiber, which now replaces heavier aluminum for the jet's fuselage and wings, the Dreamliner can sail ...
Topics: air travel, business, energy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

Study: Raising mileage standards creates jobs Contrary to what you might have heard	Joseph Romm	16 Jul 2007	Gristmill
A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists finds: Increasing the average fuel economy of Americas new autos to 35 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2018 would save consumers $61 billion at the gas pump and increase U.S. employment by 241,000 jobs in the year 2020, including 23,900 in the auto industry ... The study is available here. According to the analysis, nearly $24 billion of the gasoline savings would become new revenue for automakers in 2020paying for the ...
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, oil (all these topics)

Report: Diesels will outsell hybrids in the U.S. by 2012 What next? Socialized medicine?	Erik Hoffner	29 Jun 2007	Gristmill
A new report (PDF) claims that more Americans are likely to opt for diesel vehicles over hybrids in the near future in the quest for fuel economy: total sales of hybrids and diesels will hit 2.7 million annually by 2012, and diesels will account for more than half (1.5 million) of those sales. 'A new diesel's cost burden is lower than hybrid's for similar fuel economy -- even with the 'clean' technologies needed to meet tough U.S. emissions regulations (including ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, green living, hybrids, placemaking (all these topics)

Study: No fuel economy and safety trade-off We can have both	Joseph Romm	23 Jun 2007	Gristmill
A new study entitled 'Sipping Fuel and Saving Lives: Increasing Fuel Economy without Sacrificing Safety' notes: The public, automakers, and policymakers have long worried about trade-offs between increased fuel economy in motor vehicles and reduced safety. The conclusion of a broad group of experts on safety and fuel economy in the auto sector is that no trade-off is required. There are a wide variety of technologies and approaches available to advance vehicle fuel ec ...
Topics: cars, energy, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

Be Still Our Beating Hearts Senate-approved energy bill calls for fuel-economy increase		22 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Be Still Our Beating Hearts Senate-approved energy bill calls for fuel-economy increase First, the good news: the U.S. Senate has passed an energy bill containing the first significant fuel-economy increase in years. The bill requires cars and light trucks to get an average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020, up from the current 22.2 mpg for l ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, energy, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, Harry Reid, legislation, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics)

We Can't Bear to Look U.S. Senate squares off on ambitious energy bill		19 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
We Can't Bear to Look U.S. Senate squares off on ambitious energy bill All eyes are on the Senate this week as it debates a controversial Democrat-penned energy bill. (Hey! We said "all eyes"! Don't go away.) The legislation contains several provisions that make Big Oil, Big Auto, and Big Republicans squirm: it would shift nearly $15 billion in tax credi ...
Topics: cars, Congress, energy, fuel efficiency, John Dingell, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Honda ditches Accord hybrid	David Roberts	09 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Honda is ditching the Accord Hybrid because it discovered that ... are you sitting down? ... people who buy hybrids like good gas mileage.
Topics: business, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

MoveOn fights liquid coal Sign the petition!	David Roberts	08 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I opened my inbox the other day and thought I must be dreaming: the venerable progressive organization MoveOn is taking on coal-to-liquids (CTL). This is from an email they sent to their over three million members on Wednesday: In the next few weeks, Congress could vote to DOUBLE the amount of greenhouse gases America produces from our cars and planes. It's the greatest single threat to solving the climate crisis in a decade. It sounds crazy. But Congress ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, coal, coal-to-liquid fuel, energy, fuel efficiency, politics, websites (all these topics)

How scary ...	David Roberts	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
... is this picture?
Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, energy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

Holy $%#!	David Roberts	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The Big Three automakers might just dodge the bullet again. Amazing.
Topics: business, cars, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

And You Should See 'Em Pop a Wheelie Hypermilers squeeze every last drop out of their fuel economy		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
And You Should See 'Em Pop a Wheelie Hypermilers squeeze every last drop out of their fuel economy Your hybrid only gets 47 miles per gallon? Too bad for you, sucka. A small group deeming themselves "hypermilers" has adjusted driving habits to use the teeniest amount of gas possible, and boasts of achieving up to 112.2 mpg. These bad-ass fuel economizers have moved beyond everyday gas-saving techniques like smooth accelerati ...
Topics: fuel efficiency, news (all these topics)

Remember When Driving Was Fun? States sue over fuel standards, Bush announces emissions baby steps		15 May 2007	Daily Grist
Remember When Driving Was Fun? States sue over fuel standards, Bush announces emissions baby steps California Attorney General Jerry Brown held forth on the steps of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, leading a group of 11 states suing the feds over "dangerously weak" fuel-efficiency standards. "The Bush administration has its head in the sand, and we hope the court wakes the ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, energy, fuel efficiency, news (all these topics)

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