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Not quite yet, but it looks to be on the way.
Reuters is reporting this morning that the next generation Toyota Prius will include a solar panel array on the roof. The solar panels would not be used to power the whole car, but would conrol the air conditioning system.
It’s not a completely solar-powered [...]

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With the news that Ford and General Motors are experiencing massive losses this quarter and GM’s announcement this week that they will be shutting down 4 truck and SUV plants, it seems that now more than ever there’s an opening for someone to make a huge impact in the small-car [...]

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It’s been a long year for the gas-guzzlers!
No one’s wallet has been hit harder by the rising gas prices than the truckers and soccer moms with  forty gallon gas tanks. At $4 dollars a gallon, that’s a $160 tank of gas, and it’s even more if your designer SUV only takes premium gasoline, or your [...]

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President Bush held a press conference today to announce a broad new initiative intended to combat global warming. Aside from a few inexplicable sidetracks, like:
Right way - reduce carbon emissions
Wrong way - abandon coal industry and “nucular power”

in which he seemingly forgot that coal IS carbon (which when burned, becomes smoke, which…typically gets emitted…) it [...]

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I don’t think it would surprise anyone who knows me to find out that I’ve often dreamed of living on a quiet little island.
That said, I think this blog is just further evidence of a deepening internet addiction (I’m trying to quit, I swear) and that means a certain degree of energy dependency.
As a result, [...]

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