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April 7, 2009
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- gmsegway, smartercities, transportation, transportationbill
If the GM/Segway P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) vehicle were zipping around my neighborhood right now, I would expect to see it in the bicycle lane on 6th Avenue. The experimental two-seat electric vehicle isn't ready to join cars and trucks...continued→
April 6, 2009
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- fueleconomystandards, globalwarming, lowcarbonfuelstandard, oildependence, smartercities, transportation, vehicles
The transportation sector is second largest source of global warming pollution in the US (contributing about a third of total emissions) and it consumes two-thirds of our daily oil demand. Those two facts make it essential to act now to...continued→
April 1, 2009
Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- CAFE, energyandclimate2009, fueleconomystandards, globalwarming, lowcarbonfuelstandard, oildependence, transportation
Yesterday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee proposed essential policies for cleaning up our fuel supply and reducing our dependence on oil. The proposal includes transportation fuels under an economy-wide cap and establishes a complementary, performance-based low carbon fuel standard....continued→