Recent Comments:
Toyota boosts volunteer overtime pay {Autoblog}
May 24th 2008 5:02PM I'm sorry that "volunteer" OT is not so optional if the culture demands it. It is dangerously close to slave labor.
So, anything out there you'd like to strap a jet engine to? {Autoblog}
May 17th 2008 1:58PM A Prius!!!!
No more body on frame SUVs likely from GM {Autoblog Green}
May 11th 2008 3:52PM One thing that was glossed over was the consolidation of production. That means lost jobs.
Toyota wants to know what people think about higher gas taxes {Autoblog Green}
Apr 27th 2008 8:53PM What the higher CAFE numbers have created is a time bomb for future politicians to deal with. As MPG rises less fuel is used, less gas tax revenue is generated. So is the future we will face as "crisis" and some politician will have to commit political suicide and raise taxes. But for now, politicians can celebrate their victory…
Chrysler and Nissan play to strengths, swap cars and trucks {Autoblog Green}
Apr 15th 2008 1:56PM This also means that Nissan’s US truck plant will likely idle putting hundreds of Americans out of work. I’m predicting that this is a beginning of a larger relationship between Nissan and Chrysler ending with a merger.
Jatropha for biodiesel comes to Florida {Autoblog Green}
Apr 15th 2008 1:51PM I’m looking at it as diversity in the crops grown.That's the beauty of bio-fuels, they can come from many sources. Farmers can plant the crop that fits their environment and they have a guaranteed market. Food crops suffer from wide swings in price and that is a major financial risk. By introducing some fuel crops in Florida the state diversifies its crops and does not risk disaster if a freeze ruins the citrus crops.
Track time with the Smart ForTwo {Autoblog Green}
Apr 15th 2008 1:44PM A Smart car on a race track? That's like hubcaps on a tractor, ridiculous.
A raft of microturbine hybrid buses to be built in North Carolina {Autoblog Green}
Apr 3rd 2008 12:00AM One of the problems with solar power has always been having enough surface area for the PV panel. Hmmmm where in there world on a semi truck would you find enough are to put a pv on to supplement a micro turbine?
Could freeze-dried beer be eco-friendly? {Autoblog Green}
Apr 1st 2008 8:59PM How about we just clear out the "death rows" in our prisons instead, each imate exhales CO2 all day long.
California lawmaker wants to end emissions exemption for some old cars {Autoblog Green}
Mar 27th 2008 12:27AM It takes a lot of money to restore and maintain classic cars, it's not a poor mans hobby. I just wonder how many more high income Californians will leave the state.
