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[Ford Motor Company Newsroom] CLOSE-KNIT TEAM LISTENS TO, IMPLEMENTS CUSTOMER INPUT IN CREATING ...: The drag coefficient, which measures the ability of the Mustang to slip through the air, has been reduced by 4 percent in the V-6 models and 7 percent in the GT models. The front aerodynamic lift also has been reduced by 37 percent for V-6 models and 23 percent for GT models, significantly improving steering feedback and driver confidence at higher speeds.

[Domain Speaks] Buy a Smarter Vehicle and Travel Tips : Domain Speaks: If you have a gas cap that doesn’t fit tightly, or you’ve lost your gas cap, buy a new one to replace it. Contact your mechanic or the car dealer of your make of vehicle to see if they have your particular gas cap in stock or if they can place an order for one to be shipped to you.

[Brookings:] Fuel Efficiency Standards: A Detour from the Cheapest Climate ...: Because mandating greater automotive fuel efficiency tends to be a more costly way to reduce emissions than other methods, the California rules could only end up increasing the cost of achieving the emission target without providing additional climate benefits. Indeed, the waiver could inadvertently undermine overall climate benefits if the stringent vehicle rules prompt legislators to exempt transportation fuels from the cap and trade program, as Representative John Dingell (D-MI) has already proposed.

[EARTH Magazine - featured] EARTH Magazine: Coal-to-liquids: Can fuel made from coal replace ...: CTL fuels are also well-suited for aviation applications because they have conveniently extreme freezing and boiling points: They will work in planes without freezing while flying at high altitudes and won’t evaporate while sitting on the tarmac in Iraq. All of these parameters are deal-breakers for other alternative fuels, including hydrogen, most biofuels and electricity.

[Water filter&relative information&new development] Water filter&relative information&new development: world climate ...: Portugal, Taiwan, Britain, the United States are actively observing the implementation of the climate, especially the United States Marine Meteorological Bureau, the efforts to improve the credibility of the forecast of the El Niño phenomenon, and the provision of the information in this regard.

[Watts Up With That?] Only 34% of USA Voters Now Blame Humans for Global Warming « Watts ...: Notice that just about every battery type is 10% or more loss in the charge discharge cycle (and 5 to 10% / month self discharge rate). The exceptions are the alkaline (that doesn’t deep discharge well so is unsuited to cars) the li-ion (that the chart says is 98.9% but the link says is 90% efficient in the charge cycle and I think the link is the right number) and the li-poly (that is 98.9%) but is presently a relatively new and expensive technology (though it has the most promise).

["Five Short Blasts" Forum] Cap and Trade: Don’t Forget the Shipping Industry!! « “Five Short ...: The obvious approach may be for each nation to sell permits to shipping industries operating within its borders.  But this would be exactly the wrong approach.  It would simply drive shipping operations offshore to nations without cap and trade programs.  The right approach is to apply a tax to all inbound ships, including ships delivering imported oil.  Each nation has control of its imports, and no control of exports.  Taxing the fuel burned by inbound ships would encourage domestic manufacturing and have the desired effect of dramatically reducing carbon emissions from the shipping industry.  It would also encourage the spread of cap-and-trade programs around the world, forcing other nations to tax the fuel burned by inbound ships in order to prevent their exports from being put at a competitive disadvantage.  On the other hand, taxing the fuel burned by outbound, export-laden ships would encourage other nations not to subject their outbound ships to cap-and-trade, worsening our competitive position and intensifying the global trade imbalance that has collapsed the global economy. 

[Watts Up With That?] New Milepost for Arctic Sea Ice Extent « Watts Up With That?: The Administrator is proposing to find that the current and projected concentrations of the mix of six key greenhouse gases””carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)””in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations. This is referred to as the endangerment finding.

[FarmPolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com » Blog Archives » Biofuels; Trade Issues; Climate ...: Yesterday’s DTN article added that, “”˜Over the past decade, improved agricultural practices such as no-till cropping, targeted chemical applications through global positioning satellite technology and methane digesters have reduced emissions from the agricultural sector,’ Stallman said. ”˜This demonstrates that if the agriculture and forestry sector are provided proper incentives, they will reduce their emissions even further.’

[Don Surber] Don Surber » Blog Archive » The U.S. may oppose solar power: I asked them what they thought about the distortion in the food market caused by using our food for fuel and by then I could tell the people at the booth just wanted me to shut up and take my “green” key chain and move on. ...

[TMFDeej's Blog] The Flounder Economy: Much of that earning power has disappeared and might not be coming back for a while, if ever.  The evaporation of most of this financial earning power alone without any sort of recession would drop S&P 500 earnings to the $50-something level.  On top of that, a decent chunk of the leftover non-financial earnings were larger than they should have been because of the housing bubble and unsustainably low consumer savings rate.  Au uses what he believes is a conservative estimate of $5 for the bubble-effect, putting the normalized S&P 500 earnings rate at around $50/share at best.

[Greenme: Sustainable Living Blog] Save money and CO2 by being frugal with your fuel!! | Greenme ...: Don”²t worry, I”²m not going to tell you to get yourself a little electric run around, or even a hip hybrid - all you need to do to save on your fuel consumption is to change your driving habits! With the price of petrol and diesel spiralling out of control, and the obvious green benefits to boot, giving the following tips a go is a complete no brainer!!!

[The Energy Blog] The Energy Blog: Zero Point Energy: Physicist Richard Feynman, a winner of the Nobel Prize, and John Wheeler, a protégé of Einstein’s, calculated there is sufficient ZPE in the volume of a coffee cup to evaporate Earth’s oceans. Physicist Harold Puthoff once said, that if we employed ZPE to power the entire planet, it would be like dipping a thimble into the sea.

[Video Symphony’s blog] About: Vehicle Maintenance - Vox: Faulty gas caps, for example, can cause a vehicle to lose a gallon of gasoline or more every two weeks in the summertime through simple evaporation. When performing the regular maintenance on the engine cooling system, remember to check the individual hoses, pipes and clamps as well as any additional filters that may be used on the motor and battery cooling/heating system.

[slackercentral.com messageboard] Cars running on water? - slackercentral.com messageboard: From the way I am to understand it, by the actual little I read on the issue is that the HHO mixes with the oxygen that then mixes with the gasoline vapors in the combustion chamber allowing for a smaller ammount of fuel to burn to create the normal ammounts of horsepower needed to run the car. Therefor giving tou a better gallon to mile ratio.

[Say Anything] Obama Administration Declares The Air You Exhale To Be Danger To ...: Idiots should not try to mess with the weather it is controlled by the sun and God He is also making fun of Al Gore right now, dumping 36 inches of snow in the Spring and making it colder over most of the world.the polar ice caps are not melting they are cracking and breaking up from extreme cold temps.and the polar bears have only increased in population by 400% so yes they should be on the endangered list ,wow what a bunch of liars we have on the warming issues.Think your energy bills are high now wait till you get cap an trade.

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