Fuel

Pilots: To Cut Costs, Airlines Forcing Us To Fly Low On Fuel

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Pilots are complaining that their airline bosses, desperate to cut costs, are forcing them to fly uncomfortably low on fuel. Safet...

Texas Rebels Against Ethanol, Could Strike Fatal Blow

New York Times | David Streitfield | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green


The ethanol industry, until recently a golden child that got favorable treatment from Washington, is facing a critical decision on its future. Gov. R...

Pay to Pee? Pee for Pay? How Far Will Airline Energy Panic Go?

Rob Kall | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green


Rob Kall

Just imagine if the airlines actually did take the approach that it's your responsibility to do your bathroom "business" before you board, and that to do so on the plane would cost a fee.

Save The Town Pump

Lizz Winstead | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green


Lizz Winstead

The Exxon gas pump has just been added to the endangered species list; on the brink of extinction as their 2200 stations will disappear in the face of rampant regulatory sprawl.

Biofuels Deemed A Greenhouse Threat

New York Post | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business


Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuel...

Car-Pooling -- An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Ben Rosen | Posted 01.12.2008 | Politics


Ben Rosen

The key to success in car-pooling is "dynamic." This means that if the universe of users is large enough, there is a very high probability of matching a rider and driver at any time. In other words, No Rider Left Behind.

House Approves First Increase In Fuel Efficiency Standards In 3 Decades

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also...

The Green Zone: The Military's Addiction To Oil

Barry Sanders | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics


Barry Sanders

Military vehicles have no respect for CAFÉ (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards, or fuel standards of any kind. After all, we are at war; fuel economy is a luxury.