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...powered by the gas, and the two halves formed a symbiotic relationship. Soon the creatures find their way to Tokyo in search of new hosts, including Kaori, now infected by the germ. Her body slowly becomes a paralyzed, pustulated, corpulent emitter of foul gas. Humans have become latest alternative fuel...
Energy policy in the United States has a history of being highly politicized and badly timed. President Carter’s efforts to improve fuel efficiency came too little too late as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries began restricting supply and the Iran-Iraq war started. Opportunities to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil were largely ignored under Reagan and Bush Sr. and were not a top priority during the Clinton administration when oil prices were historically low. However, the current Bush administration has broken new ground in irresponsible policy-making with the current energy bill, which...
Real answers to U.S. energy problems have largely been left to sit in dusty energy journals for the last 15 years and have only recently begun to have any focus in mainstream politics. Improving Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards and rethinking the multitude of SUV exemptions are now on the table, as well as considering an oil import tax combined with a tax cut to ensure low income earners are not disadvantaged. These moves could substantially reduce the amount of oil the U.S. uses over the long run and reduce the exposure it has to political instability in the Middle...
...Girsky says. GM plans to temporarily halt assembly lines at an SUV plant near Oklahoma City, Okla., this week--one of the few times that rising SUV inventories have triggered such a closure. Nonetheless, GM officials insist the company is equipped to handle a spike in demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles. GM aims to build its hybrids on the same assembly lines as its standard light trucks, giving it more flexibility to change the production mix as buying patterns shift...
...point out that after paying the extra cash for one, say a $2,500 premium for a hybrid Civic, it will take about a decade to recoup that amount at the pump (at 15,000 miles a year and with gas at $2 per gal.). They claim that if fuel economy becomes an even more important consideration, there are already plenty of fuel-efficient cars and smaller SUVs that are less complex and easier to fix than hybrids...