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A recent Newsweek article about Toyota’s recalls discussed Toyota’s history in the United States. In describing the history of its sales growth in the 1980s, the article noted that
Toyota's campaign of campy advertisements,...
Posted Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Yesterday, an E&E article (subscription required) made reference to a study on greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and marine transportation by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change (full report available here). Several...
Posted Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 7:45 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Environment, Transportation
Natural gas is being touted by some at Copenhagen as a relatively low-carbon “bridge” fuel, a life-line to take us through the next few decades until we can depend entirely on renewable and nuclear energy. Proponents, which in...
Posted Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 9:13 am | Filed in: Electricity, Environment, Natural Gas, Renewables, Transportation
Between January 2007 and August 2008 gasoline prices rose more than $2 per gallon. Much discussion was had over the woes of $4 gas. Yet according to a report released this month by the Environmental Protection Agency, real world a...
Posted Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 at 7:54 am | Filed in: Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Oil Prices, Transportation
This morning's Environment & Energy Daily has a nice piece on the current gridlock over transportation reauthorization (http://eenews.net/EEDaily/2009/11/19/1/). Despite a major bridge collapse in Minnesota more than two ye...
Posted Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 7:15 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Gas Prices, Oil Dependence, Transportation
Investor Warren Buffett yesterday invested $26.6 billion in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the second-largest U.S. railroad. He particularly cited that fact that since deregulation, railroads have become a “decent business—an...
Posted Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 8:38 am | Filed in: Transportation
Are American motorists ready for something new? Some signs suggest yes.
American drivers used to be loyal to a brand – in 1986, nearly 80% of new car owners bought the brand their household previously owned. Families would re...
Posted Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 at 8:08 am | Filed in: Electrification, Gas Prices, Transportation
According to the EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2009, new gasoline-powered cars get approximately 30 miles per gallon in fuel efficiency (Table 59). Depending on the size of the vehicle (compact, mid-size etc.) the capacity of th...
Posted Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 6:48 am | Filed in: Oil Dependence, Transportation
