Fuel Efficiency

Gassing Up and Down: How to Improve Your Mileage

Bob Schildgen | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, How to Save Money, Gas Prices, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Toyota, Fuel Efficiency, Epa, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Cars, Green Driving, Technology, Auto Industry, Transportation, Green News

A higher-than-rated mpg is quite achievable. On one occasion, I got 42 mpg on the highway, simply by maintaining a speed of 55 mph and using the cruise control.

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Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Polls, 2008 Elections, Unemployment Rate, High Oil Prices, Fuel Efficiency, United Auto Workers, Obama Working Class Voters, 2008 Recession, Detroit News, CAFE Standards, Working Class, Offthebus, Unemployment, Obama Swing States, Oil Drilling, Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Recession Fears, Plug-in Hybrids, HuffPost OffTheBus, Swing Voters, Michigan, Fuel Economy Standards, Obama Working Class Whites, Job Losses, Fuel Economy, John McCain, Michigan Delegates, Auto Extremist, Detroit Free Press, Manufacturing, Voting Record, 2008 Election, Recession, Barack Obama, American Manufacturing, Pollsters, Barack Obama 2008, Swing States, Mccain Swing States, John McCain 2008, Cnn, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Fox News, Peter De Lorenzo, Auto Industry, Economy, Home News

Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.

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Green On Two Wheels: Finding Fuel-Efficient Motorcycles

Rider Magazine | Bill Stermer | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Driving, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Green Living, Motorcycles, Green News

As spring began, we were hearing that gas prices could reach $4 per gallon by summer. In California, gas had already hit $4.50 as summer began, having...

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Congress Weans Us Off the Teat of Foreign Oil with Concessions to Offshore Drilling

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Foreign Oil, John McCain, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Mexico, Renewable Energy, Canada, Congress, Democrats, Coal, Legislation, Offshore Drilling, Cnbc, Fuel Efficiency, Turbine, Electricity, Wall Street, Climate Change, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Department of Energy, Environment, Mercury, Department of Energy, Republicans, Turbines, Wind Farms, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Kansas, Green Energy, Green News

Weaning America off the teat of foreign oil is something that every citizen can agree is a good thing. It will start to put funding into renewable energy infrastructure that we so desperately need.

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Is Cruise Control Greener?

Grist.org | Umbra Fisk | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Driving, Cars, Green Living, Cruise Control, Fuel Efficiency, Green News

Q. Dear Umbra, To cruise or not to cruise? That is the question. Is it more fuel efficient to use cruise control when driving, or does it use more ga...

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Congress Outlines $25B Green Car Rescue

BusinessGreen | James Murray | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Chrysler, Gm, Ford, Green Car Rescue, Cars, Congress, Automakers Loan, Green News

The ailing US auto industry could soon receive a major shot in the arm in the form of $25bn in low interest loans from the federal government, designe...

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Why Is Renting An Eco-Friendly Car Hard?

Guardian | Clare James | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Electric Cars, Phevs, Cars, Car Rental, Eco-Friendly Cars, Fuel Economy, Hybrid Cars, Biodiesel, Green News

I choose not to own a car and usually get about on public transport. I know all about car pooling and ride sharing and I'm familiar with companies lik...

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Ford CEO Mulally Thinks Lawmakers Will Loan Automakers $50 Billion

Wall Street Journal | Jeff Bennett | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Retooling Auto Plants, Auto Industry, Fuel Efficiency, Car Sales, Alan Mulally, Truck Sales, Ford, Cars, Fuel Economy, SUV Sales, Low-Cost Loans, Business News

DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said that more legislators are "in our corner" as the three U.S. auto makers prepare to...

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EVs vs. Gas-Powered Cars: No Ride to Utopia

Bob Schildgen | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

Read More: High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Toyota, Prius, Alternative Energy, Green Technology, Fuel Efficiency, Electric Cars, Environment, Cars, Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Technology, Transportation, Green News

Hey Mr. Green, Is an electric car really more efficient than a hybrid getting 50-plus miles per gallon running on gas? How efficient (and green) can i...

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GM's Lutz Asks For Break On Crash Tests To Focus On Fuel Efficiency

DailyTech | Jason Mick | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Autos, Fuel Efficiency, Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, Gm, Energy Use, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Cars, Fuel Economy, CAFE Legislation, Corvette, Green News

It's no secret that America's largest automakers -- General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler -- are struggling. Weighted by the burden of a t...

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A Teachable Moment on Energy Policy: Demand-Side Policy Beats Drilling by More than 20 to 1

Mark Cooper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Oil Drilling, Fuel Efficiency, Oil, Nhtsa, Conservation, Energy Policy, Green News

While the administration is busy beating up Congress for not acting to solve the energy crisis -- it is the administration that has dropped the ball.

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EcoDriving

Charley Territo | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fuel Efficiency, Ecodriving, Green News

EcoDriving can extract the highest mileage out of every single vehicle, regardless of size or age, so it gives us the opportunity to have an impact on our nation's entire fleet of 240 million automobiles.

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5 Technologies That Improve Internal Combustion Engines

TreeHugger.com | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green

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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McCain's Energy Plan: Improved Light Bulbs

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Barack Obama, Oil Drilling, Nascar, Tire Gauges, Light Bulbs, Energy Policy, John McCain, Tire Pressure, Politics News

I can't believe John McCain's entire energy policy is improved light bulbs! This is so unbecoming of a presidential candidate -- he needs to have big and bold ideas, like more drilling.

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Senator McCain, Troops and Security Are No Joke

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil Prices, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Big Oil, 2008 Election, Fuel Efficiency, Tire Pressure, National Security, McCain Oil, Politics News

Maybe John McCain wants to mock the idea of simple ways we can use less oil and protect America and our troops, while blocking efforts to get off Middle East oil, but we take it dead seriously.

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CarSharing 2.0: Give Us Many Transportation Options (Please!)

Graham Hill | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Transportation, Biking, Biofuel, Bicycles, Fuel Efficiency, Cars, Bike, Hybrid Cars, Carbon Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Green Transit, Green News

Do you find yourself using a big car or truck when something smaller would do the job? Would you book an electric bike or golf cart or folding bike to cut your carbon footprint?

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Since We've Made Tortillas Expensive, Let's at Least Use Biofuels Wisely

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Future of Fuel, Fuel Efficiency, Sustainable Agriculture, Future Fuel, Ethanol, Green Energy, Gulf of Mexico, Biodiesel, Green News

If we're truly interested in creating a sustainable transportation network, then we need to envision a future where our limited supply of biofuels is used for much more efficient modes of transportation.

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Energy Crisis Or Transportation Crisis?

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy Crisis, Transportation Crisis, Energy Efficiency, Biofuels, Fuel Efficiency, Global Warming, Biodiesel, Transportation, Cars, Green News

Our favorite graph, which demonstrates that almost all of our petroleum is used for transportation. Benjamin J. Turon writes an op-ed in the Schene...

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Foreclosure Crisis, Fuel Efficiency, Bush Iran, Clean Air Act, Racial Profiling, Dick Cheney, Stopping Coal Power Plants, Whistleblowers, Voter Disenfranchisement, Extinction, Chemical Weapons Stockpile, Guantanamo Torture, Whale Hunting, CDC Climate Report, Global Warming, Wildlife, Green News

Home foreclosures could affect voting rolls, Judge blocks coal plant due to global warming, Japan automakers control 34.7 percent of U.S. market, and U.S. exports to Iran grew tenfold under Bush.

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The New, Less Pungent Scent of Green

David Hall | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Eco-Warrior, Green Lifestyle, Energy Conservation, Fuel Costs, Economy, Fuel Efficiency, Green, Conservation, Green Living, Coal, Environment, Green News

Years ago, in a time of plentiful cheap food, energy and fuel, a green lifestyle was seen as a superfluous luxury. That was then, this is now.

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Is Greener Packaging Worth a Little Spilled Milk?

Collin Dunn | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Wal-Mart Environmentalism, Sam's Club, Fuel Efficiency, Wal-Mart, Green News

The Wal-Mart/Sam's Club new square milk jug is designed to improve space efficiency, reduce waste, and cut costs -- but are proving tricky for some customers, who are having trouble pouring the milk without spilling some of it.

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A Historic Opportunity to Improve Our Cities

Jay Walljasper | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Green Cities, Suburbs, Heating Costs, Home Prices, Fuel Efficiency, Home Sales, Homeowners, Real Estate, Home Foreclosures, Green News

Under the weight of gasoline prices, along with increased costs for heating and cooling suburban homes, today's affluent subdivisions might become tomorrow's slums.

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Jackie Chan's Fuel Efficient Scooter Shop

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Jackie Chan, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Scooters, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Green News

HONG KONG — Actor Jackie Chan says his Segway dealership here is doing well, though costs are high because the manufacturer won't let him assemb...

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DaimlerChrysler Fined $30 For Failing Fuel-Efficiency Standards

Bloomberg Via NYT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Bmw, Daimler, Daimlerchrysler, Eric Bolton, Fuel-Efficiency Standard, Mileage Standards, Fuel-Efficiency, Business News

DaimlerChrysler paid a $30 million fine in 2007, the most ever by an automaker, for failing to meet federal fuel-efficiency standards, according to th...

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Bush Admin Sides With Auto Industry, Blocks California's Emissions Plan

Wall Street Journal | MIKE SPECTOR and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Fuel Efficiency, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bush Administration, California, Business News

The Bush administration blocked California's plan to put tighter limits on automobile tailpipe emissions, handing a victory to the auto industry on th...

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