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California Spurs Electric Cars: WSJ article
Fiat 500e battery-powered car “Chrysler Group LLC next week plans to unveil an unusual automobile—an electric car that doesn’t stand a chance soon of turning a profit and is unlikely to draw many...
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SPOTLIGHT: Interstate Batteries
Car batteries eventually die, it has to happen, but you can control what happens to the batteries afterwards. Interstate Batteries gives you a way to recycle your batteries. They know how to properly...
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Dennis Weaver: Hollywood’s Greatest Environmentalist
“If we had a hydrogen economy worldwide, every nation on earth could create its own energy source to support its economy, and the threat of war over diminishing resources would just evaporate.”...
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SPOTLIGHT: Sabertec Blade
The exhaust system in your vehicle is pretty important to the system as a whole. It removes toxic gases from the engine and the people in the car, and even converts some into less harmful substances....
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Honda Goes Back to Basics
The Honda Civic isn’t the fastest car or the most technologically advanced car, isn’t particularly visually striking, and certainly isn’t the most unique car. However, the Civic has always been the...
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Driverless Taxis for Local Transportation
The driverless taxi in Schwarzenegger's 90s flick, Total Recall. Could this be our future? Regional buses are a great way to sneak a morning snooze, save money on gas, and dodge the responsibility of...
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The Fate of the Battery
We are curious about the fate of the battery in electric vehicles (EVs). Clearly, these battery packs have some toxicity to them, so how do you advocate environmental sustainability when the main...
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SPOTLIGHT: TurnYourEngineOff.org
Idling your engine for a few minutes may seem harmless enough, but all those minutes add up. TurnYourEngineOff.org is campaigning to educate people on the impact idling has, and put a stop to the...
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Make Sure Your Mechanic Isn’t Ripping You Off
These guys crack us up, and are also a great resource for vehicle maintenance. For some of us, our mechanic is a trusted friend, building our confidence over years of servicing the family fleet. And...
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SPOTLIGHT: Car Planet All-Purpose Cleaner
Keeping your car clean and green is a must. Car Planet all-Purpose Cleaner differs some other car cleaning products in that it does not use harmful chemicals to keep your car clean. Car Planet...
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From Trash to Gas – Renewable, Natural, Gas.
There are several familiar alternatives to conventional gas-powered vehicles that are engineered to lower emissions and deliver cleaner energy; biodiesel, electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, and natural...
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The Totalitarian of Telecommuting
Marissa Mayer, the chief executive of Yahoo, made headlines recently for her views on telecommuting (as well as motherhood). On February 22, Yahoo sent a memo to their employees asking that all...
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Pollution Inside Your Car
Safely pass this vehicle if possible. Here at EarthGarage, we are always thinking about pollution; when we walk downtown, when we go for a run with the pup, and especially when we drive. Lately we’ve...
View ArticleLondon’s Biking Project
According to this article, London has recently announced a $1.4 billion bicycle investment – that is almost the entire transportation budget for the year. This is a tremendous dedication to a cycling...
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Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS)
It’s sustainable, it’s an inexpensive and reliable energy supply, it creates local jobs, and it saves the state billions of dollars in pesky pollution-related costs: it is a new energy infrastructure...
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FedEx’s Noble Efforts
Kudos to FedEx for setting pollution reduction goals and achieving them by leaps and bounds. In 2008 for example, FedEx committed to increasing their global fleet fuel efficiency by 2020 from its 2005...
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“SuperTruck” Fuel Efficiency Enhancement
It was surprising to learn that average long-haul trucks achieve only 5.5 – 6.5 MPG. Can you imagine the frustration from distribution companies while gas prices continued to climb? The “SuperTruck”...
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SPOTLIGHT: Green Mountain Energy
A carbon offset is a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, carbon offsets allow a business or individual to cut the size of their carbon footprint and have a smaller impact on the environment. Green...
View ArticleCanada’s Tar Sands: A Sticky Situation
In today’s New York Times, Thomas Homer-Dixon, a professor of global governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, published a terrific opinion piece about the environmental impact of...
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Could Political Association Reflect Environmental Behavior?
No matter your political association, you care about America’s environmental impact. With recycle bins on every corner, an intricate bus network, and strict air quality regulations, you feel as though...
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