"The Concourse of Hypocrisy" (A cavalcade of gas-guzzling contemporary automobiles-- with hypocritical bumper stickers!), 2007-08-20 04:01:25 Excerpt:
"The citizens of Berkeley, California pride themselves on being the most socially conscious environmentalists in the world. They also hate war, since every war these days is dubbed a "war for oil." ...Bookmark tags: politics, iraq, war, environment, oil, cars, satire, 9-11, california, pc E.P.A. Says 17 States Can't Set Emission Rules, 2007-12-20 12:00:57 The emissions standards California proposed in 2004 — but never approved by the federal government — would have forced automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent in new cars and light trucks by 2016, with the cutbacks to begin in 2009 models. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, bush, environment, new-york, cars, california, new-jersey, epa, pennsylvania, lobbyists Video: Bush Defends California EPA Decision, Touts Nuclear Power, 2007-12-21 11:00:46 Bush discusses enactment of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. He also describes the reasons why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declined California's request for a clean-air waiver to combat climate change. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, bush, congress, video, global-warming, climate-change, nuclear, cars, energy, california California's data challenges EPA, 2008-01-04 12:30:38 California's ambitious plan to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions of cars and trucks would be more than twice as effective in reducing such gases by 2016 than the new federal fuel-economy law, the state said as part of a new legal broadside against the US government this week. ...Bookmark tags: science, california, emissions, cars, global-warming, bush-administration, epa, federal-government, united-states $5.20 a Gallon? America's Priciest Gas, 2008-03-28 08:01:29 Five dollars and 20 cents for a gallon of gas. The number says a lot.
Yes, it may be the most expensive gas in America. But $5.20 doesn't begin to explain essence — the rich, off-beat, some might say, eccentric, essence of Gorda, Calif. ...Bookmark tags: us-news, cars, california, car, oil-prices, gas, gasoline, gas-prices, 520, gorda Video: Team Fate - Designing the Next Generation Hybrid, 2008-06-23 12:01:18 Students at the University of California Davis Hybrid Vehicle Research Center have been creating plug-in hybrids for national competitions for some time. ...Bookmark tags: technology, video, oil, cars, california, research, hybrid, alternative-fuel, university-of-california, plug-in-hybrid |
