Touring bands are notorious for their environmental footprints, but more and more the bands and their fans are taking steps to make the activity less damaging. When it comes to music, the Beatles—fueled by my parents’ large collection of vinyl—dominated most of my early life. The White Album is like my musical comfort food; it’s [...]
Bio-CNG VW Scirocco Will Compete In Its Own Race Series
October 30, 2009 By 4 Comments
The new Volkswagen Scirocco is one of those cool cars America will never get (yes, I know we had it once, but the new one is sooooo much cooler). VW’s hot little hatchback has the looks and power to make most American small cars cringe in fear. Even cooler? They are working on a version [...]
Mini-E Hits Pothole, Shuts Down: Electric Car Durability in Question
October 30, 2009 By 28 Comments
One major obstacle on the road to widespread acceptance of electric cars is reliability. Electric cars are still relatively new ground, and anybody who has ever gotten a cellphone wet or left a laptop in a car during a hot summer day (guilty on both counts) knows that electronics are very sensitive to the elements. [...]
Future May Involve Getting Paid to Charge Your Plug-in Vehicle
October 30, 2009 By 18 Comments
They say that nothing is free, but I may have come across the exception. In West Texas and Illinois, electric customers are being paid to use electricity. With the growth of wind energy in areas like Texas, Iowa and Minnesota, electric companies are occasionally producing more energy—especially during off-peak hours—than they can use. Why not [...]
Get a Peak at the Axon Automotive Plug-In Hybrid Electric Car
October 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
UK-based Axon Automotive made its debut at the Sexy Green Car Show in Cornwall last year and they are making headlines again. They have officially debuted their upcoming Axon plug-in hybrid electric city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The element that makes this PHEV stand out is its light weight. The car is [...]
The Governator Introduces Short Haul Fuel Cell Semi-Truck
October 29, 2009 By 2 Comments
Trucking is among the most important, yet polluting parts of our environment. Everything everywhere was delivered by a truck, unless you live on a farm. A necessary evil, if you will. Getting truckers on board with the green movement will play an integral part in the widespread acceptance of alternative fuel vehicles. To do that, [...]
Foot-In-Mouth Disease Reigns: Biden Reveals Fisker's Future Business Plans
October 28, 2009 By 18 Comments
Swine Flu’s got nothing on our Vice President’s case of Foot-in-Mouth disease. If only there was a vaccine. Joe Biden is well-known for his goofball status of saying exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time in, what we have to assume, is a genetic predisposition to unwittedness. Take, for instance, yesterday’s announcement that [...]
EPA's New Parking Lot Explores Environmentally Friendly Pavements
October 28, 2009 By 8 Comments
Without pavement and parking lots we would still be traveling cross-country in Conestoga wagons on 6-inch deep ruts and be breathing lungfulls of dust every time a vehicle drove by at the Kwik-E-Mart. Needless to say, pavement is one of the many things that makes modern life possible. But, like everything else in our modern [...]
