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Do you get to face the joy of getting stuck in traffic every day? Whether you’re going to work, coming home from shopping, or running errands, traffic has always been an annoyance to many commuters. It moves too slowly, people get cut off, and let’s not forget all the pile-ups and noise pollution it causes. [...]
2010 means electric cars will soon be humming around America’s city streets, emitting nothing into the air but a sense of self-satisfaction and superiority. Even Prius drivers will hang their heads in shame, outdone and one upped in the latest ‘whose got the newest green toy’ competition. Of course, most parts of the U.S. will [...]
Chinese city streets used to be thronged with virtual seas of cycling commuters. Not so anymore. In fact China has recently surpassed the United States as the largest automobile market. The decline of China’s bicycle-culture has been lamentable, but at least one Chinese city is looking towards the past for solutions for the future.
Hangzhou, a [...]
While everyone’s no doubt heard that 2010 is the year electric cars are to debut in the United States, it hasn’t happened yet. So for now, at least, the greenest cars on the market are still Honda’s natural-gas powered Civic GX and hybrids like the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic.
–Balitmore Sun
As we wait for the [...]
Will 2010 be the year when we all shed our fossil fuel addiction, become vegans and take to the streets in silent, shiny new plug-in electric cars while Enya lilts – at a reasonable volume, of course – through the vehicles’ stereo systems? I doubt it, but there is certainly an electric buzz about this [...]
I came across this video of Top Gear where Jeremy Clarkson claims that and explains why the supposedly eco-friendly hybrid Toyota Prius car is more environmentally damaging than a high performance car like the BMW M3 or a fuel monster SUV.
Although the Top Gear crew is known for being over-the-top critical sometimes, I have to [...]
In 2009 the American auto giant GM filed for bankruptcy, downsized and got bailed out by the U.S. government. President Obama announced that GM would be restructured; a new GM would emerge and ‘produce the high-quality, safe, and fuel-efficient cars of tomorrow’. Cue the Chevy Volt. The Volt isn’t exactly a hybrid – it’s completely [...]
Those of you who followed GreenFudge last year may remember a story about the Biotruck Expedition: an old, salvaged school bus that traveled to Asia on french fry (chip) fat and biodiesel made from cooking oil. Why? They were (or actually, still are) trying to travel around the world without emitting more than 2 tons [...]
The proliferation of steam-powered railroads, beginning in the 19th century, revolutionized much of the world in terms of trade, travel, infrastructure and communication. Traveling by rail was initially a luxury, but eventually became a common means of transport. The rise of the automobile however, saw train travel fall out of fashion in some places – [...]
A New York Times story from November 17th explains that ‘carbon offset’ programs run by airlines and travel companies are less about neutralizing the large amounts of CO2 produced by air travel and more about assuaging any pangs of ‘climate guilt’ that might go with it. The fact is that flying emits a lot of [...]
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