Originally published on EV Obsession. While it’s assumed by many drivers that gasoline taxes completely cover the cost of road maintenance, and are perhaps even too high, that appears to not even be close to the truth of the matter — going by a newly released report from the Frontier … [continued]
Transportation is a leading cause of global pollution, of all sorts. Typical, dirty transport wrecks our climate, pollutes our bodies (causing premature death and major health struggles), and more bad stuff. The cleaner options below can go a long way to solve these issues. Here’s more news about electric vehicles, bicycling, … [continued]
California’s cap-&-trade program will — after a long, spirited confrontation between the state’s regulatory agencies and industry lobbyists — now cover companies that sell fuel to consumers. The new rules went into effect on the first day of the new year — meaning that fuel retailers will now be forced … [continued]
According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study, government-set fuel economy standards, which have been practiced for many years, are 6 to 14 times less effective than a fuel tax for reducing gasoline usage.
QUICK NEWS: 50-state study finds U.S. states losing “over $10 billion in transportation revenue every year, contributing to an estimated $130 billion drain on the economy resulting from higher vehicle repair costs and travel time delays.” More from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which produced the report: The report, Building … [continued]
Clean transportation news from around from the past week or so, divided up by category….
Some more great cleantech stories from the week that we haven’t yet covered. This week, I decided to just organize them by topic (note, of course, that some topics overlap — in such cases, I put a little note about which other categories each article could be filed under after titles for those of you only interested in a particular topic). Check out these other interesting cleantech stories …
The sign above has gotten extremely popular on the internet. It is definitely funny. But it misses some key points, as most news about gas does these days. I reported on Cleantechnica last July that while the raw price of gas as we see or write it has gone up … [continued]
[social_buttons] One of the best ways to promote clean transportation is to discourage dirty transportation. But despite decades of Presidents saying they will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels (quotes here; video here), nothing of the sort has happened and one of the biggest culprits of pollution, the automobile, has … [continued]
Transportation is one of the biggest parts of our lives, whether we think about it or not. How will 2010 help shape the future of transportation in the US? How should it do so? And, more specifically, what is going on in government on this matter? With an expired (in … [continued]
