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Welcome to 1973. While we don’t have an oil embargo to blame, higher fuel prices have suddenly changed the American preference for big vehicles to smaller sedans and, yes—hybrids. For the past 25 years, large pickup trucks and SUVs have been among the best-selling vehicles. The Honda Civic, a compact car available with either a hybrid or gasoline engine, has displaced Ford’s F-series pickup truck as the best-selling vehicle in April ’08, at 53,299 units sold. This marks the first time in 16 year… Continue

Hydrogen has long been at the top of the list as the best alternative to gasoline to power the next generation of environmentally friendly automobiles. This is because hydrogen burns clean with no carbon emissions. Replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen would require creating nearly 90 million tons of hydrogen gas a year, according to the Energy Department, and hydrogen can be produced from a wide range of sources. Researchers at GM propose building hydrogen-making facilities using local resources… Continue

This is my June blog for my monthly Green Machines column for Canvas magazine.
To see my other articles, go to Canvasli.com and search my name.

What is fueling the dramatic increases in the cost of all types of fuel?
Gasoline, diesel, and natural gas have more than doubled in price over the last few months even though producers claim there are no shortages. In June, OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem al-Badri said there is clearly no shortage of oil in the market. OECD co… Continue