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Su-Su-Pseudo On true hybrids	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I read the New York Times article that reported auto manufacturers are using hybrid technology to boost power rather than improve mileage. It specifically mentioned the Honda Accord, claiming that the mileage difference between the six-cylinder and the hybrid is minimal. What are the facts here? Is there a hybrid that really, actually, no-foolin'-around, gives really good mileage, represents a significant improvement over the reg ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, placemaking (all these topics)

Prius-toric Team achieves 110 mpg in Toyota Prius		09 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Prius-toric Team achieves 110 mpg in Toyota Prius If you thought fuel efficiency was cool, wait 'til you meet ... Xtreme fuel efficiency! Rawk! Ahem. A team of five oddly obsessive middle-aged American men, seeking to break the unofficial mileage record set in Japan, recently drove a factory Toyota Prius 1,397 miles on one tank of gas, spending two days circling around one 15- ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

American automakers and oil-price spikes Their dependence on gaz guzzlers makes them highly vulnerable, says a new study	David Roberts	27 Jul 2005	Gristmill
Ah, now we're talking. Earlier this week I was a bit snarky about this article, which flung broad statements about with very little empirical support (understandable, I guess, for a breezy op-ed). But a new study that just came across my desk puts some teeth in the argument that going green is smart business strategy for automakers. Jointly published by the U. of Michigan and NRDC, the study analyzes what would happen to the Big Three U.S. autom ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, United States (all these topics)

GM plays catch-up Beleaguered automaker finally starts touting fuel economy	Lisa Hymas	24 May 2005	Gristmill
GM -- stung by declining sales of SUVs and subsequently shamed by having its credit ratings lowered to junk status -- is trying a new marketing approach: touting its more fuel-efficient models (such as they are). A new full-page newspaper ad cries 'Meet the 30 and Up Crowd' and showcases '19 cars that have EPA highway estimates of at least 30 miles per gallon.' Too bad it doesn't have a single consumer hybrid model that it can tout on the page. (Its two hybrid trucks ...
Topics: business, cars, energy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

Ford Imperfect Ford, G.M. sales down as buyers spurn SUVs and look for fuel efficiency		04 May 2005	Daily Grist
Ford Imperfect Ford, G.M. sales down as buyers spurn SUVs and look for fuel efficiency Detroit automakers Ford and G.M. are cursing Prius drivers right about now. Sales figures and market share for both companies were down in April, as car buyers turned their fickle affections from gas-gulping SUVs to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles -- specifically those manufactured by Asian rivals Toyota and Nissan. In fact, ...
Topics: business, fuel efficiency, news, Prius (all these topics)

They met on the Prius showroom floor ...	Geoff Dabelko	26 Jan 2005	Gristmill
Environmentalists were there to lighten their ecological footprint. Neocons were there to lighten the fat Saudi pocketbook, full of petro dollars that fund terrorism. According to Robert Bryce, writing in Slate, the strange bedfellows have come together to advocate measures that would increase car fuel efficiency, lessen foreign oil dependence, and pump up renewables. While Bryce pitches the 'sleeping with the enemy' angle, the key point is there are multiple, compell ...
Topics: energy efficiency, fossil fuels, fuel efficiency, politics (all these topics)

Italy jumps on the SUV-bashing bandwagon	Lisa Hymas	13 Oct 2004	Gristmill
Europeans don't take as kindly to mobile global-warmers as do their American counterparts. �Latest country to join in the anti-SUV backlash: �Italy. �The nation's Environment Ministry is plotting to slap a new tax on big gas-guzzlers, and possibly use the funds to incentivize people to scrap old cars and buy more efficient ones, Reuters reports.
Topics: cars, energy, fuel efficiency, Italy (all these topics)

Sticker Shocking The EPA has been misoverestimating the fuel economy of cars sold in the U.S., says enviro group	Amanda Griscom	02 Apr 2004	Muckraker
A whole lot of exaggerating going on. If you think the fuel economy of U.S. vehicles is dismal, well, you're right. Perhaps more right than you know. Official U.S. EPA statistics ascribe a pathetic average of 20.8 miles per gallon to the 2003 car fleet, about 6 percent lower than 15 years ago. The fleet averaged 22.1 mpg in 1987, before Americans got h ...
Topics: Bluewater Network, energy, fuel efficiency, Muckraker, placemaking, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

CAFE Au Lait Bush plan to overhaul CAFE standards is a mixed bag	Amanda Griscom	20 Feb 2004	Powers That Be
Clean up the bus, gus. Photo: NREL. The Bush administration has taken to singing the clean-car gospel lately, but it's not quite hitting all the notes. Last month, U.S. EPA chief Mike Leavitt joined Detroit kingpins in a splashy D.C. conference to trumpet the arrival of new vehicles and fuels that reduce sulfur emissions -- a notable achievement, but what Leavitt was passing off as a Bush administratio ...
Topics: air pollution, cars, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

CAFE Au Lait Bush Revisions to CAFE Standards a Mixed Bag		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: cars, consumerism, energy, fuel efficiency, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Put the Pedal to the Mettle The word on relatively green cars and positively green bicycles	Jim Motavalli, The Green Guide	16 Dec 2003	Earthly Possessions
By Jim Motavalli and The Green Guide 16 Dec 2003 Hy-wire act. Photo: DOE. My daughter Maya, who is 9, saw a picture of the General Motors Hy-wire, the company's super-sleek experimental fuel-cell car, and immediately decided we should have one. Unfortunately, I had to explain to her that the hydrogen-powered, zero-emission, fossil-fuel-free car would be perfect for us in all respects except one: It's not ...
Topics: bikes, cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

The Corrections Reader responses on family cars, the internal combustion engine, and more	Umbra Fisk	11 Jun 2003	Ask Umbra
Dearest Readers, How I enjoy your letters! I'm sorry I'm unable to answer them all; lest you fear that they vanish into the void, I assure you they do not. I read each and every one of them down here in Stacklandia. I must in particular thank those of you who write in to correct, amend, or expand on issues I address in my columns. Almost without exception, those perspic ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Plane Text Advice on driving vs. flying	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, I'm wondering if you have any numbers comparing the fuel efficiency of flying versus driving the average car for the same distance. Also, how does carbon dioxide production compare for the same trip? Steve Loomis, Calif. Dearest Steve, Flight blight? Here's what I can find so far, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Institute in beautiful Snowmass, Colo. Single-occupancy automobiles produce 0.91 pounds of carbon dioxide per ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, travel (all these topics)

Give a Hoot, Don't Scoot On scooters	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I was thinking of buying a scooter with the idea that (in addition to being fun) I would be using a more fuel-efficient means of transportation on days when the weather was good. Then I got the edition of the Daily Grist telling me how dirty motorcycles are. Now I'm worried: Are scooters the same? I'm talking about a Vespa-type thing. Please tell me that's not as polluting as a Harley! Thanks (even if the answer isn't wha ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Gnarly Davidson On motorcycles	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently read a claim that "motorcycles produce far more pollution per mile than your typical car, truck, or SUV." Is that true? I've got a friend who's currently making her (bad-ass) way across country on a Harley -- 60 mpg, baby -- and we are both curious about the environmental impacts compared with a car. Billy Brooklyn, N.Y. Dearest Billy, Bad news for your friend and her bad behind. If she's getting 60 miles ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Vantastic On minivans	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We have a six-year-old daughter, a three-year-old daughter, and -- surprise! (well, not completely) -- a new baby girl due in the next two months. Our fuel-efficient car cannot fit two car seats and a booster across the back seat, and according to Washington state law ("six-years-old and 60 pounds"), my petite six-year-old will remain in her booster for some time. I've been looking into minivans but am discouraged by their poo ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Things That Make You Go Hummer		07 May 2003	Daily Grist
Things That Make You Go Hummer Yesterday, Grist reported that the average fuel efficiency of U.S. vehicles is at a 22-year low. Today, we're happy to report that at least people are upset about it. A survey of complaints about new vehicles, released yesterday by J. D. Powers and Associates, found that fuel consumption was the second-most-common complaint among all respondents. In the 17 years ...
Topics: business, cars, fuel efficiency, hybrids, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Autodidactic On picking the right car	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, In 1981, I bought my first car, a Honda Civic. It was a great car, and despite what certain congressional leaders say about car size and safety, an excellent vehicle for handling winter snow and ice in mountain driving in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The problem is that now, living in Pennsylvania, my husband and I and our three children are looking for a car that will be able to carry the five of us for the next 10 years wi ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics)

Coolant On cooling your car	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Is it more efficient to drive down the highway with my windows down or the air conditioner on? I know the air conditioner decreases gas mileage, but I bet having my windows down at 75 miles per hour produces pretty good drag. Thanks, Sara Dearest Sara, This is July's Question of the Month for Grist readers, apparently. I received a passel of virtually identical queries with minute variations. ("How much drag do you get from ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Is That a Lawmaker in Your Pocket, or ... ? A breakdown of the CAFE standards yeas and nays in the Senate	Amanda Griscom	14 Mar 2002	Muckraker

Topics: energy, fuel efficiency, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Detroit Sucks The Big Three are talking a good game, but reality does not match the rhetoric	Roland Hwang	26 Jan 2001	Soapbox
Judging by the media hype over Ford's and General Motors' early January announcements on "hybrid" vehicles at the North American International Auto Show, one would think that automakers have seen the light and are finally matching their professed concern for the environment with deeds. Hybrid cars deliver better fuel efficiency by using two power sources -- a gaso ...
Topics: air pollution, Big Auto, business, cars, energy, fuel efficiency (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		03 Nov 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 03 Nov 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. The results of the bug bash are in. Our lead developer has gone through and "triaged" the bugs we found yesterday. After culling out the duplicates and the ones that, on further reflection, aren't bugs at all, he's sorted them by their importance. ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		02 Nov 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Thursday, 02 Nov 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. Stayed late at work yesterday: My team was having a bug bash. We spent the evening looking for bugs in a twisted parody of a brainstorming session: Who can think up the most creative way to break the product? This one was pretty good. We found 65 bugs in a ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

James Grimmelmann, Microsoft		01 Nov 2000	Dispatches
James Grimmelmann is a resident of Seattle, Wash., a software design engineer with the Microsoft Corporation, and the madman behind The Laboratorium. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 01 Nov 2000 SEATTLE, Wash. How much power does your computer use? It's probably around 100 watts for a desktop machine, but what does that 100 watts mean? I work in an office with two honking current-guzzlers, and I have a pretty visceral sense of their power usage: I can feel it i ...
Topics: cars, Dispatches, fuel efficiency, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

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