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- Driving to Phish Festival 8 in a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
- Bio-CNG VW Scirocco Will Compete In Its Own Race Series
- Mini-E Hits Pothole, Shuts Down: Electric Car Durability in Question
- Future May Involve Getting Paid to Charge Your Plug-in Vehicle
| Driving to Phish Festival 8 in a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Posted: 30 Oct 2009 11:09 AM PDT Touring bands are notorious for their environmental footprints, but more and more the bands and their fans are taking steps to make the activity less damaging.
When it comes to music, the Beatles—fueled by my parents’ large collection of vinyl—dominated most of my early life. The White Album is like my musical comfort food; it’s what I go back to when I need to feel rooted. But in terms of the music that has influenced and shaped much of my adult life, there is no band more important than Phish. |
| Bio-CNG VW Scirocco Will Compete In Its Own Race Series Posted: 30 Oct 2009 08:35 AM PDT
The new Volkswagen Scirocco is one of those cool cars America will never get (yes, I know we had it once, but the new one is sooooo much cooler). VW’s hot little hatchback has the looks and power to make most American small cars cringe in fear. Even cooler? They are working on a version that runs on carbon-neutral bio compressed natural gas. Try saying that five times fast! |
| Mini-E Hits Pothole, Shuts Down: Electric Car Durability in Question Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:30 AM PDT
One major obstacle on the road to widespread acceptance of electric cars is reliability. Electric cars are still relatively new ground, and anybody who has ever gotten a cellphone wet or left a laptop in a car during a hot summer day (guilty on both counts) knows that electronics are very sensitive to the elements. Apparently, they are also sensitive to potholes. One of the “lucky” few who were given an Electric Mini to test out—the founder of GM-Volt.com found out just how sensitive when the Mini came to a dead stop in a construction zone after hitting one such pothole. |
| Future May Involve Getting Paid to Charge Your Plug-in Vehicle Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:00 AM PDT
They say that nothing is free, but I may have come across the exception. In West Texas and Illinois, electric customers are being paid to use electricity. With the growth of wind energy in areas like Texas, Iowa and Minnesota, electric companies are occasionally producing more energy—especially during off-peak hours—than they can use. Why not store it you ask? Because there are not yet any good ways to store energy; a quest since electricity was created. According to expert Terry Boston, who is the CEO of PJM, a company that manages the electricity grid in 13 mid-Atlantic states and Washington, the oversupply of electricity has forced prices into the negative range. The result: some customers are paid to use electricity. |
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