Against a Gas Tax
The changes we need in transportation are not something car companies or consumers can do on their own. What's needed is beyond new habits and new vehicles -- it's new infrastructure.
The changes we need in transportation are not something car companies or consumers can do on their own. What's needed is beyond new habits and new vehicles -- it's new infrastructure.
I thought I'd go up join in with a few of my eco-insensitive brothers and have a look at where the new oil wells are going to be and grab a nice polar bear and bald eagle sandwich.
The current low price of gas, and its imminent skyrocketing, is an entirely predictable phenomenon.
John McCain may not know what gas costs or when he last pumped any, or performed any other act not connected to politics or outpatient care, but he's had hundreds of town hall meetings.
Devising new and hilariously clever agitprop words like "Defeatocrats" is clearly more patriotic than actually addressing the principle source of global and domestic instability.
Hey Mr. Green, Is an electric car really more efficient than a hybrid getting 50-plus miles per gallon running on gas? How efficient (and green) can i...
Relentless increases in gas prices have taken a huge bite out of consumer pocketbooks. Annual expenditures on gas and motor oil have increased by well over $1,300 in the past five years.
When homes and jobs and the whole damn economy seems at stake, the pump has stopped, at least in the media's focus, appearing to be such a threatening object.
Last week a mix of water and sanitation experts gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden to mull over the world's biggest public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people paid attention.
The American dream is NOT that everyone is entitled to credit based on no ability to pay it back. It is based on the idea that anyone can try, to be free from persecution, and can, if they work hard, build a life.
Bush and the Republicans have thwarted attempt after attempt by Democrats to pop the speculative oil bubble and provide relief to consumers. Each time, Republicans sided with Big Oil over the American people.
Right now, consumers across the country are looking for ways to cut back. Luckily, some of the best ways to save money are also simple steps toward living a little greener.
OPEC is acting to immediately stabilize prices in the neighborhood of $70-$90 per barrel. Just eight years ago OPEC tried to keep prices in the $22-$28 range.
Congress should set a crystal clear rule for Detroit: No taxpayer bailouts until they stop suing states that are trying to fight global warming.
If Britney or Paris were to claim they were virgins, the media and public would go into apoplexy, but McCain can be equally dishonest about important policy issues, and virtually nobody says a word.
Corn may be environmentally detrimental, but it is difficult to pin the systemic problems in our international markets solely on biofuels.