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22 May 2009 IN FOCUS EARTH | COMMENTS
This week, Focus Earth reports from Washington, DC, where new fuel standards have been announced that will mandate increased auto-efficiency. Then, the team covers the latest eco-buses taking to the street in California and has a summary of this year's hurricane forecast as predicted by...+ READ MORE
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21 Apr 2009 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
According to the American Automobile Association, it costs the average commuter $8095.00 a year to own a car. That includes the purchase cost of the vehicle, $70.00 a month or $840.00 a year to ride. That’s an annual savings of $7255.00. These figures presuppose that you will sell off your car and...+ READ MORE
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30 Oct 2008 IN HOW TO GO GREEN: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION | COMMENTS
Public transportation eases traffic congestion, reduce emissions, and allows you to relax, read or nap during that commute instead of fighting and stressing and feeling the road rage. Here's how to make your public transportation a little greener every day.+ READ MORE
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12 Jul 2008 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
A town the size of Greensburg doesn't necessarily need an extensive public transportation system-but cities around the country do.The city already uses a number of hybrid electric buses thanks in part to the Clean Fuel Bus Program, which is busy integrating 700 hybrid buses into the system by the...+ READ MORE
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16 Apr 2008 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
In a perfect world, we'd all be able to bike or walk to work, and convenient public transportation options would be available in every city. Plug-in hybrids look like typical hybrid cars but have additional battery capacity, enabling it to travel...+ READ MORE
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16 Apr 2008 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
In the very near future, it's quite possible that most vehicle owners will be reusing frying oil to fuel their trucks or plugging their cars into the wall just like a toaster.Impressively, vehicles run off of natural gas show an average reduction in ozone-forming emissions of 80 percent compared to...+ READ MORE
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16 Apr 2008 IN TECH & TRANSPORT | COMMENTS
When switching from gas to more eco-friendly fuels, don't think that saving the planet means that you have to sacrifice performance.The smoother, quieter ride an alternative-fuel car offers crushes the noisy, bumpy gas-powered driving experience like an aluminum can in a recycling machine.+ READ MORE
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16 Apr 2008 IN MEAN GREEN MACHINES | COMMENTS
Mean Green Machines is a turbocharged thrill ride jam-packed with the latest, fastest, and greenest vehicles, bikes, and even aircrafts.Whether an engineering professor challenges his electric drag bike to a race with one of the world's fastest gas motorcycle drag racers, or a gas-guzzling SUV...+ READ MORE
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