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2030 Predictions: Flat Demand For Oil, Surge In Number Of Hybrid Vehicles

Dot Earth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Chevy Volt, Light Vehicles, Hybrid, Electric Cars, Energy Consumption, Renewable Energy, Annual Energy Outlook, Environment, Cars, Diesel, Transportation, Green News

The Annual Energy Outlook projecting United States energy trends through 2030 foresees flat demand for oil, a shrinking need for imports and enormous ...

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Plugging in for a Better Tomorrow: The School Bus 'Solution'

A. Siegel | Posted 12.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Oil Imports, Children, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles, Childhood Health, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Diesel, School Bus, Pollution, School, Transportation, Plug-in Hybrid, Health, Oil, Buses, Technology, Public Education, Green News
A. Siegel

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles. They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. And, well, now they're coming to a school system (maybe) near you.

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Health Effects of Pollution Cost California Economy $28 Billion Each Year

LA Times | Louis Sahagun | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: California Air Quality, Economy, Public Health, Coalition for Clean Air, Los Angeles County, Diesel, Pollution, California, Health, California Air Resources Board, Green News, Environment, California Economy, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Air Pollution, Federal Air Quality Standards, Green News

The California economy loses about $28 billion annually due to premature deaths and illnesses linked to ozone and particulates spewed from hundreds of...

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Americans are driving much less; But one area of the country can't get any gas or diesel at all

Steve Parker | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Gas Shortage, Senator Harry Reid, Jingoism, Congress, Interstate Highways, Hurricane Ike, Cars, Atlanta, Diesel, Reuters, Gulf of Mexico Oil, Southeast Gas Prices, Transporation Department, Congressional Bailout, Cnn, Kirk Kerkorian, Southeast Gas, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Living News
Steve Parker

Gas shortages through a major swath of the country? Stations running dry? Welcome Back, 1974! When does the rationing start ... again? Americans are ...

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5 Technologies That Improve Internal Combustion Engines

TreeHugger.com | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Living Advice, Turbochargers, Fuel-Efficient Engine, Fuel-Saving Technology, Green Diesel, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Fuel Efficiency, Direct Injection, Green, Cars, Green Living, Diesel, Variable Valve Timing, Green Living Tips, Clean Diesel, Green Cars, Green Car, Cylinder Deactivation, Green News, Green News

5 Fuel-Saving Technologies In the long run, the internal combustion engine (ICE) is on the way out and electric motors are on the way in, but ICEs hav...

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New Presidential Limousine

Steve Parker | Posted 08.05.2008 | Style

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Steve Parker

Whoever wins the upcoming election will apparently ride to the White House in a brand-new whip, with rear-wheel (or even all-wheel) drive and a marine-cooled diesel engine.

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Soaring Gas Prices Threaten Family Budgets

New York Times | JAD MOUAWAD | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, U.S. Economy, Diesel, Gas Prices, Household Budgets, Gasoline Prices, High Oil Prices, $4 Gas, Business News

Gasoline prices, which for months lagged behind the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly rising quickly, with some experts saying they could a...

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