Cash For Clunkers should be a simple rebate for whenever you upgrade your car to another one with higher mileage. The better the improvement, the greater the rebate. Simple, huh?
Unfortunately, it’s not so.
“This legislation attempts to offer a benefit for the environment and to spur vehicle sales, but the reality is that it does neither very well,” asserted Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl. “In terms of vehicle sales, the only consumers who will be interested are those willing to take no more than $4,500 for their current car and yet be financially able to buy a new one — quite a narrow profile.” More here: http://bit.ly/18icbe
Plus, if you have a decently [...]
What’s Up With Cash for Clunkers?
Gas 2.0 Wants to Know…
…When consumers will be able to fill their tanks with algal fuels?
http://bit.ly/k0jOi
Rhode Island Cuts Cost of Biodiesel
Michael Wittman says: “This is what should be done here in California as well and NOW! If you agree then let your voice be heard, write your political representatives and let them know how you feel!”
http://bit.ly/rs9kc
Biodiesel needs all the help it can get…
Riggs
Thanks to Michael Wittman at www.thirdplanetenergy.com
AAA urges EPA to reject increased ethanol blends in gas
“…AAA is opposed to increasing the ethanol content in gasoline to 15 percent without unbiased, objective research first proving that E15 will not damage engine systems and component parts, compromise vehicle performance and fuel efficiency, or increase vehicle emissions.” http://bit.ly/AAAethanol
Surely ethanol technology could have advanced to deal with the engine damage issue earlier?
Riggs
Clean Diesel – The Good and the Bad
The new clean diesels are absolutely incredible. We got one in late last year, and this car, in a word, marvelous.
Best of all is the exhaust. There is almost none. You can literally breathe what comes out. It’s clean even when the engine is cold. I found this out when I was loading through the open tailgate of the idling car at 4am and noticed – well, nothing. This is an ideal car if you care about pollution.
Only problem is, you can’t put in more than 5% biodiesel. And I checked – NONE of the diesel passenger cars being offered this year let you put in more than 5% biodiesel (20% [...]
India Defiant on CO2 Limits
“India will not accept any emission-reduction target, period. This is a non-negotiable stance,” says Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh.
Now when it comes to future threats from greenhouse gases, India and China are the two big ones. If India should catch up with the US in carbon emissions, its population of just over 1 billion would emit almost what the whole world emits now!
Minister Ramesh did pledge not to exceed the per-capita emissions levels of developed countries, but that seems a recipe for great increases in India’s carbon pollution. We sympathize, but there has got to be a better solution.
From a report by Recharge News [...]