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January 7, 2009
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, globalwarming, NHTSA, obama, oil, oildependence, oilsavings, policy, security, vehicles
Today, the Bush Administration announced that it will not issue final fuel economy standards for automobiles, leaving approval to President-elect Obama's administration. This gives the Obama administration an opportunity to move quickly under the nation's clean air and energy laws...continued→
October 1, 2008
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
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- backtothefuture, CAFE, delorean, electricdrive, electricvehicles, energyefficiency, fuelcell, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, futurecars, hydrogen, pluginhybrids, vehicles
Last Friday, I was invited to the Consumer Reports test track to drive some of the cars of the future. It wasn't a typical test scene - no revving engines or the odor of petroleum. With the exception of the...continued→
September 17, 2008
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
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- AIG, CAFE, cleanenergy, drilling, energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, OCS, oil, oildependence, oildrilling, oilsavings, outercontinentalshelf, policy, security, vehicles
Efficiency and other clean energy measures are sound investments for the near and long-term. I realize right now that it's hard to believe that sound investments exist. The financial center at Wall Street seems to be crumbling with the news that...continued→
September 8, 2008
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
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- arcticnationalwildliferefuge, CAFE, cleanenergy, drilling, energyefficiency, fueleconomy, fueleconomystandards, gasprices, OCS, oil, oildependence, oildrilling, oilsavings, outercontinentalshelf, policy, security, vehicles
The more I look, the more oil savings I find. My latest investigation continues to cast serious doubt on the advice of drilling advocates by turning up 11 times more oil in 2030 than we could extract from the Arctic...continued→