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We Don't Need No Stinking Giant Fans

Or stinking giant mirrors, or stinking earthquake generators, or stinking puny hybrids.... Researchers in Texas say they have found a way of cutting the cost of producing gasoline by two thirds, taking advantage of the lowest grade of coal available...

small dead animals | more | posted February 24th

hybrids, gasoline, generators, coal, earthquake, two thirds, giant

I've been saying it for a while: buy Ford.

Toyota must be rather embarrassed. Millions of vehicles have been recalled, and now over 400,000 hybrids are being recalled.I've been saying it for a while. Buy Ford. Ford is the only domestic auto maker making money right now, so the chance of GM or Chrysler pulling through in the long run is slim at this point. The foreign vehicles can be very well built, but you pay much more up front. I've d

The Raging Tory | more | posted February 9th

old ford trucks, domestic auto, auto maker, hybrids, mazda, gm, chrysler, ford, lincoln, toyota, making money

Whatever you do, don't do what we do!

Showing the rest of the world that climate change is is a responsibility we all must share, well, not all of us.....Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? "Five," says Ms Jorgensen. "The government has some alternat

Plattytalk | more | posted December 14th

alternative fuel cars, electric cars, climate change, jorgensen, limos, hybrids, copenhagen, rest of the world, rivals

Forecast for Denmark

Polar Bear Showers:On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the "summit to save the world", which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200. "We thought they were not going to have many cars, due to it being a climate convention," she says. "But it seems that somebody last week loo

Celestial Junk | more | posted December 6th

Green Car is a DIESEL

So much for all the talk, money and effort put into hybrid cars. The LA Auto Show has awarded their Green Car of the Year award to a diesel for the second year in a row. If diesel engines are so “green”, why the effort to build expensive hybrids, with their expensive batteries, risks of high [...]

Musings of the Technical Bard | more | posted December 5th

la auto show, diesel engines, hybrid cars, green car, hybrids, batteries, nif, money