Recent Comments:
America likely won't be getting a Smart diesel soon {Autoblog Green}
Apr 20th 2008 2:37PM Looks great !!
2009 Buick Lucerne adds the ability to use a fuel that it will likely never use {Autoblog Green}
Apr 18th 2008 10:07AM Just more evidence that General Motors is still avoiding real progress - the development of highway capable electric vehicles.
Video: Lindsay Campbell asks Hummer owner what the hell he was thinking...? {Autoblog Green}
Apr 15th 2008 10:54PM The video clip could have been interesting if it had been set up properly instead of being displayed in spurts. Reminds me of the old days when I used a slow telephone modem.
U-turn ahead: White House preparing global warming initiative {Autoblog Green}
Apr 15th 2008 11:26AM @ John Starnes -
You are correct, of course. The Bush administration has been one filled with lies and incompetence since the very beginning. Now Bush wants to depart the White House with some semblance of respectibility.
It won't work, George.
Track time with the Smart ForTwo {Autoblog Green}
Apr 15th 2008 11:18AM I have to wonder why there is not an all-electric version of the Smart ForTwo. Or is there?
Harvard professor predicts railroads will return to prominence in the U.S. {Autoblog Green}
Apr 12th 2008 11:32AM To Cervus:
Some of your comments regarding the European rail system do not mention that in the United States, we HAD passenger rail lines, HAD tunnels already built and in operation, HAD railways EVERYWHERE, HAD modern train stations, and HAVE dense populations centered around major cities - getting denser all the time.
We allowed this great public transportation system to wither on the vine with the advent of the Interstate highway system.
Regarding super fast passenger rail service, the United States doesn't have it, nor does Europe or Asia in any significant, meaningful numbers. Is it even needed?
What American railroad companies need to do, as a start, is to repair their rails - now neglected for decades. At least that would help reduce the number of train accidents we read about almost every day.
Harvard professor predicts railroads will return to prominence in the U.S. {Autoblog Green}
Apr 11th 2008 10:42PM If any of you are old enough to remember the 1930s through the mid 1950s, you will recall how comfortable train travel was in those days. A traveler could get on a train almost anywhere in the United States, and go anywhere. No hassles, no standing in long lines, no waiting in a terminal for a day or more. ... and you traveled in style. The cattle cars called "airliners" are a far cry from the days. Why did we let passenger trains disappear? What a loss!
By the way, Europeans still have good passenger rail service - anywhere to anywhere. They are fortunate.
