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Honda Civic – Miles Per Gallon, Both Then And Now.

Today’s brand-new Honda Civic is an amazing car to buy if you are looking for a non-hybrid, well-made, high-MPG automobile. I owned a 1994 Honda Civic that lasted 8 years and 150,000 miles before it started having any problems at all, and looking back I never should have gotten rid of it. But I was [...]

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EarthTalk: On Congestion Pricing And The Environment.

EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine.

Dear EarthTalk: How does congestion toll pricing, used in some cities around the world, cut down on vehicle traffic and promote green-friendly public transit?
Despite increasing green awareness and steadily rising gasoline prices, Americans and other denizens of the developed world—not to mention millions of new Chinese [...]

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Subaru Begs Me To Ask The Question: Higher MPG Or Less Emissions?

As I have mentioned somewhere along the line before, we only own one car and it is a 2008 Subaru Forester. Because we bought it in California before moving to New Mexico, it is the PZEV version of the car, which stands for “Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle”. This version of the engine and [...]

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Five Electric Cars I Hope Succeed With Their Grand Plans.

In a world with steeply declining oil supplies, the transportation wave of the future (that is, if we can get them built before the oil runs out) will be electric cars that are charged by solar panels. This bio-fuel and hydrogen nonsense aside, there are a few innovative companies going the all-electric route, and [...]

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