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Category Archives: environment
Trains beat planes — everywhere.
Top-speed: 574.8 kmh (357.16 mph) for the train (V150) in the video. Amtrak sucks and the U.S. has no idea what trains could do. Some perspective: New York to Los Angeles: 2792 miles. View Larger Map Time for the V150 … Continue reading
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Toy car manufacturer worth more than real car manufacturer
Mattel is worth more than GM: GM’s current market value is smaller than that of Mattel Inc., maker of Matchbox cars, and a 10th of what it was in 2000. A Merrill Lynch analyst said [July 2, 2008] that a … Continue reading
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Stooopid SUV owners
I want to quote practically the entire article it is just so funny! Bryan Carisone, a heating and air-conditioning contractor in Raritan, N.J., “absolutely loves” his new GMC Denali XL. But in June, one week after he bought it, he … Continue reading
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Would you rather eat or drive?
BioFuels. Do you want to eat or drive? Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% — far more than previously estimated — according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is … Continue reading
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CAFE and 1950′s refrigerators
An open letter to the people who want to burn gas wantonly: Do you complain about how you can’t buy the refrigerator you want because of those EnergyStar ratings? Do you feel like you have to setting for a smaller … Continue reading
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if google was really serious about climate change
Google is very proud of their solar panel project: Google has installed over 90% of the 9,212 solar panels that comprise the 1,600 kilowatt project. Panels cover the rooftops of eight buildings and two newly constructed solar carports at the … Continue reading
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How to buy a car.
My response to Shannon’s thinking about buying a car: Congratulations saving so much money by avoiding car ownership for so long. Here is my feedback: Forget the concept of a car retaining its “value”. A car is a liability not … Continue reading
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Empty cabs and CO2
Stowe makes an interesting point, and one that the Sierra Club may help change. Naturally, he is a bit of a technology geek so he imagines a technology infrastructure in place first but never the less the question remains… Can … Continue reading
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why do people bother with Wendell Cox?
From September 2007 Railway Age editorial page: Wendell Cox responds “Your confusion on my position (‘From the Editor,’ RA, August, p. 4) misses the difference between means and objectives. Thirty years ago, I was appointed to the Los Angeles County … Continue reading
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