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Home Energy Archive by category "Fuel Efficiency"

Category Archives: Fuel Efficiency

Jimmy Carter’s Crisis of Confidence speech was political disaster, but oh if we’d only stuck to his plan …

In July 1979 the USA was gripped by the second of the 1970’s fake oil crises.  OPEC decided to give us a second lesson of its power to control the American populace by shutting down oil deliveries.  In the midst of that “crisis”, Carter gave this speech demonstrating why he…

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Powerdown is a key, but little discussed, aspect to solving energy and climate problems

Solar- and Wind- based electricity is clean and renewable, offering a great solution for both Climate and Fossil Fuel Availability problems.  But both sources are intermittent, meaning they don’t provide 24 hours a day, and therefore adopting renewable electricity in a big way requires changes in the electricity production/consumption system.…

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An electric motorcycle rider, Terry Hershner, has first electric win in Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge

Last week at the Vetter Fuel Economy Challenge in Utah, Terry Hershner became the first electric motorcycle rider to win the challenge.  With new modifications to his 2012 Zero S electric motorcycle, he easily finished the 172 mile route, at 2/3rds the cost of the closest finisher.  In the fuel…

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Should car manufacturers lighten electric cars to cut their cost?

It probably doesn’t matter to most people what their car weighs.  Some people geek out on things like this, and for example claim that the Tesla Model S is really heavy because it weighs about 5,000 lbs.  And when you’re told a number like that, it sounds heavy, but then…

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Edison2 aims to revolutionize the world economy with a Very Light Car

Yesterday, Edison2 unveiled their new version of the Very Light Car (VLC) with CEO Oliver Kuttner claiming some features in the new VLC would be a disruptive technology that could “change the entire automobile industry.”  These are big claims which remind me of the hype surrounding the launch of the…

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NRDC urges Obama administration to move forward with upgrading CAFE standards

NRDC’s Luke Tonachel testifies in joint EPA and Dept of Transportation hearings that the proposed CAFE standards upgrade would produce huge economic and environmental benefits. Today in Detroit was the first of three public hearings on the Obama Administrations proposal to increase CAFE standards to 54.5 MPG equivalent fuel efficiency…

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Why are Ford and Toyota teaming up on hybrid truck development? It’s the new 54.5 MPG CAFE Standards!

Ford and Toyota teaming up on hybrid drive-train development

The other day Ford and Toyota announced a partnership to develop hybrid drive train technology for light trucks and SUV’s.   That nice announcement filled my mind with images of contractors, construction workers and farmers driving around hybrid F-150’s or F-250’s starting in 2020ish.  But then a couple brain cells…

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