This is a guest post from Patrick, who writes for Cash Money Life, where he blogs about personal finance, career tips, and saving money. In the last few months, gas prices have been cut in half. Like most people, I don’t mind paying less at the pump. But while lower gas prices are great for [...]
Dear EarthTalk: Is it better to drive an older, well-maintained car that gets about 25 miles per gallon, or to buy a new car that gets about 35 miles per gallon? It definitely makes more sense from a green perspective to keep your old car running and well-maintained as long as you can – especially [...]
In the last 4 days, I have seen our local gas prices go up by $.10…and I could not be happier about it. Call me crazy, but I think gas should be more expensive, not less expensive. In Europe, gas costs somewhere around 4 times what we pay for it here! I know in this [...]
If only I had $90K to pick one of these up. Amazing stuff, watch the video:
Dear EarthTalk: I understand that Toyota is planning to sell a plug-in Prius that will greatly improve the car’s already impressive fuel efficiency. Will I be able to convert my older (2006) Prius to make it a plug-in hybrid vehicle? Toyota is readying a limited run of a plug-in Prius, which can average 100 miles [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve suddenly been seeing a lot of those tiny “Smart Cars” around. Who makes them and what is their fuel efficiency? And I’m all for fuel efficiency, but are these cars safe? Originally the brainchild of Lebanese-born entrepreneur/inventor Nicolas Hayek of Swatch watch fame, Smart Cars are designed to be small, fuel-efficient, environmentally [...]
GM’s new electric/gasoline hybrid, the Volt, has been formally revealed after spy shots started hitting the internet a few weeks back. And while it may save you money on gas, don’t expect it to be affordable; some estimates have it priced in the $40K-$50K range. While I think it is a move in the right [...]
