With fuel prices continuing to rise at an uncomfortable level, many people are looking for ways to save. And the general media is pouring gasoline on the flames with its on-going coverage of the fuel price issue. But, as a rational consumer, there is a question you should ask yourself–do you want to save fuel or do you want to save money? And while, at first blush, they might seem like the same thing, they can actually be very different. The good news is there are simple, cost-effective things you can do to save both fuel and money. The bad news is they are not the most obvious steps people are taking today. Read more . . .
Freedom from Oil activists at the New York Auto Show in spring of 2007 unfurled a 20-foot banner inside the front entrance to the Jacob Javits Center, challenging Toyota to become a true environmental leader. The banner parodied Toyota’s current Tundra full-size pickup truck advertising blitz with a picture of the truck driving over a globe with the tagline, “Toyota: The Truck That’s Changing the Climate.” The banner flew at the entrance of the exhibition hall for several minutes before police arrested the two Freedom from Oil climbers who placed it. Read more . . .
At first, hybrid vehicles touted their freedom from electric cords. Now it appears that the electric cord might be the salvation of hybrids, a vehicle type that might need a new wrinkle to continue its upward climb. When the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius hybrid gasoline-electric vehicles were first introduced to the US market, their manufacturers were quick to point out that they never had to be plugged in. Since the plug-in General Motors EV-1 was considered by GM to be a dismal failure in the marketplace, the fact that the Prius and Insight never had to be connected to a receptacle was seen as a major plus. And now large-format lithium-ion rechargeable Read more . . .