Autoblog Green Podcast #14 {Autoblog Green}

Nov 14th 2007 5:24PM The green tint isn't quite green enough.

Plug-ins could reduce the average American driver's gas consumption by 85 percent, yet I still can’t walk into a show-room and buy a plug-in hybrid.

Rainforest Action Network is going to covert a Prius to a plug-in in less than a day. What's holding back the auto industry?

The big automakers, despite their claims to be green, are lobbying heavily against increased fuel efficiency standards. And that means some members of Congress aren't willing to back policies that would increase the new standard.

Stop the greenwashing (or greentinting, if that's what you want to call it).

Readers and bloggers should learn more about what real environmental leadership looks like at RAN's blog: http://understory.ran.org/2007/11/14/ran-at-the-la-auto-show/.