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July 25, 2023
Farming for cars
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My dad, an inveterate driver, has made car trips across the width of the United States half a dozen times. At the end of the first day of th...
July 22, 2023
Energy efficiency: gasoline, electric, and hydrogen car
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Imagine that you bought three pounds of vegetables, and immediately threw out two before starting to cook with the remaining pound. Crazy, r...
June 17, 2023
Battery powered locomotives
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California is hard at work cutting carbon emissions. It has heeded the climate warning signs of drought, wildfires, and flash flooding and l...
May 18, 2023
Norway's new tack on the EV
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For some time now, Norway has been the darling of EV advocates. Article after breathless article will detail how electric cars make up a lar...
August 10, 2022
This EV uses a tiny amount of lithium in its battery
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Now that the EV revolution is underway, and car manufacturers are starting to electrify their lineups in earnest, suddenly there is a lot of...
August 9, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act
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Summer 2022 has brought home the idea that the summer season is now the danger season. It seems like the entire northern hemisphere is exper...
February 13, 2021
Cop Shows Without Car Chases
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One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we've learned more about virus biology than we cared to know; done more zoom meetings than we wante...
February 9, 2021
EV: no catalytic converter required
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Superbowl 2021 featured an ad for GM's EVs. It's got Will Ferrell, Kenan Thompson and Awkwafina traveling – separately, getting lost...
April 12, 2020
The Car as Apocalypse Meter: Bread Line
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In the United States of the late 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, the car is ubiquitous. It dominates the roads. It makes its pre...
August 10, 2019
Equity First
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We humans have a fine nose for fairness, or lack thereof. Even before they learn about fractions in school, children can tell whether or not...
August 6, 2019
Low-Carbon High Rise Buildings? Bring It!
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The skyscraper was the twentieth-century symbol of power and success, forming the highrise jungle of successful cities like New York, and co...
August 2, 2019
Holiday Travel in the Age of Climate Change
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When I was growing up, come the summer holidays my parents would pile our stuff in the VW van that my dad had converted into a camper, and d...
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