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Climate is about the weather averaged over long time periods and large areas. There's an intelligent discussion of 2008 global average...
I got the Hymotion conversion, and I think that's still the least expensive turn-key conversion you can get. For an individual, that will cost...
Aw, nuts. The Bush administration came out today and said that their solution to the auto industry problem is bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler....
My guess is that oil prices haven't quite bottomed yet, but that they are getting close. And that they are unlikely to rise very much for the...
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FL_prius_driver, I'll ditto all that. I'm going to write out my plan. The first thing to do is define the national interest here. One aspect...
Oh, man, there's more truth to that statement that you'd think. Miracle-energy schemes are of a piece with the debt swaps, the liars' loans for...
Jhinton, your point is well taken. I get where Ford is coming from. They were prepared for this. I just want to say that GM's plan is a...
I think the economist Paul Krugman captured the essence of this. He was asked what the Bush administration ought to do about the car industry,...
It's been a long time since I took physics in college, but I think this is baloney. 1) He claims to make a permanent reduction in the energy...
Jhinton, excellent points all. I feel the need to rant some more. This system is easy to break and damned hard to repair. I think engineers get...
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This is going to be the Smoot-Hawley tariff of our era. If Reid is so worried, then he needs to force Senate Republicans to put their money, or...
A few of observations, as an owner of a Prius with a Hymotion conversion. 1) My wife and I seem to be getting about 90 MPG overall, for the...
The answer is oil, by a fairly large margin. Data from this site appears to check with the Dep't of Commerce statistics. They say, for calendar...
There are at least two good reasons to bail out Detroit. The first is the PBGC -- Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. As I understand it, we...
It's a great concept but I don't think the numbers work out favorably. My recollection is that a growing southern pine forest can absorb about a...
Eco-vehicle. That's so cutesy. My take on it is, if you aren't willing to say it in plain English, then don't say it at all. Something along...
Megansprius has it right regarding the life-cycle analysis of vehicles. Every study I've ever seen shows roughly that 85% to 90% of the energy is...
Yeah, that's a reasonable suggestion. At this point it seems OK, but if it breaks again I'll consider that.
