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Understating the Value of New CAFE Standard Targets?

September 15th, 2009 · No Comments

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) today released proposed rules for implementating the increase in CAFE standards, beyond the Congressional mandate, as announced this past May. In short, this deal between the Obama Administration and the auto industry accelerates the improvement in light vehicle fuel efficiency across the fleet average (the [...]

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Tags: Energy · analysis · automobiles · energy efficiency · gasoline · oil

Is it worth $2000 to the country to increase the MPG of one vehicle by say 10 mpg?

August 10th, 2009 · 3 Comments

This is a question that came into my inbox amid an exchange about the CARS Program:
Is it worth $2000 to the country to increase the MPG of one vehicle by say 10 mpg?
Of course, that is a stove piped question (and somewhat out of context one as that increased MPG, by the way, cost $4.5k [...]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · automobiles · energy efficiency · fuel economy · gasoline · government energy policy

CFCing Toward a Better Economy?

July 31st, 2009 · 8 Comments

CFC, Cash For Clunkers (the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) Program), certainly is in the news today. Almost no one expected the massive surge of interest in the program such that, within a week, the program required more funding. Now, in the debate about how to stimulate the economy, there has been a divide between [...]

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Tags: Energy · gasoline · government energy policy

Energy COOL: Ford Putting Feedback Systems into Practice

July 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Putting fuel efficiency feedback systems on the dashboard of every American automobile (both existing and new) could well be one of the most cost effective tools for quick reduction in America’s oil dependency and, as well, to improve traffic safety (and reduce) fatalities.   These feedback systems can be as ’simple’ as solely providing real-time miles [...]

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Tags: Energy · automobiles · energy cool · energy efficiency · energy smart · fuel economy · gasoline · politics

Plugging in for a better tomorrow: the school bus ’solution’

December 16th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles.
They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. Consider the average delivery truck and all its starts/stops. There is a lot of energy to capture there, which is why UPS is pursuing hybrids. And, as per Walmart and its hybrid trucks, they are [...]

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Tags: Energy · PHEV · analysis · automobiles · bus · business practice · emissions · energy cool · energy efficiency · energy smart · environmental · fuel economy · gasoline · government energy policy · hybrid · hybrid trucks · oil · peak oil · political symbols · politics

Eco-Driving USA

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Red State. Blue State.  Through EcoDriving we can all be green states.
Hit the link and you will be greated by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (and Governor Bill Ritter) introducing the power of Eco-Driving for making a real difference when it comes to the nation’s gasoline use and, therefore, carbon footprint.
The average driving could seen a 15 percent reduction [...]

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Tags: Energy · automobiles · eco-friendly · gasoline · green

What do global gas prices suggest?

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

After the fold is a listing of the 10 nations with the most expensive gasoline prices and the ten nations with the cheapest gasoline. And, a simple question, with a thought: Which list would you want to live in? And, what does that suggest?

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Tags: gasoline

What to do about gas prices?

July 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

Americans United for Change has launched a campaign to Free Our Oil! While an interesting response to the Republican focus on lying to support drilling, I challenged this campaign, stating that this effort supports a quite dangerous framing of the problems and solutions.
If we make this just about gas prices, we are caught into a [...]

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Tags: Energy · PHEV · Uncategorized · fuel economy · gasoline · oil · peak oil · political symbols · politics

Updated: What Fraction Of America’s $4+/Gallon Gasoline Is Due To The War In Iraq?

July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

Just how much of the pump price of gasoline is attributable to the war in Iraq? A dollar? Three dollars? None. That conversation recently swirled around me and, one one point, someone commented that well over half (or more than $2) of America’s $4.10 gallon of gas is due to the war. Another person asked [...]

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Tags: Energy · Uncategorized · gasoline · peak oil

Busing students … school systems feel the pain

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Just a short note, something that should not be at all surprising. Just as drivers and airlines are feeling the pitch of skyrocketing fuel prices, so are school systems. As an example, Nova Scotia’s Acadia school board is now working to get a new school bus contract. The previous contract paid on a [...]

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Tags: Energy · Uncategorized · gasoline