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While working in the White House, Freeman—who had planned to serve roughly a year in President Barack Obama’s administration—spearheaded a proposal to create national fuel efficiency standards and reduce emissions...
Volatile energy prices are another worry. When crude-oil prices rise to $100 a barrel, for instance, UPS and FedEx both recover that increase through a fuel surcharge. "They essentially lose money on the way up but make it back on the way down," Ross says. "Longer term, though, higher prices hurt the consumer, and they will downgrade service...
...Internet changed people's attitudes toward moonshine? Fifteen or 20 years ago, there was one article on how to make fuel out of grain. Once you can do that, you can make booze. Now there are thousands of resources online. You can order the apparatus. You can buy the ingredients. You can ask people what you've done wrong. And it's odd because it's a gray hobby. It's not like these people are making any money or even thinking of themselves. It's not about breaking the law - it's about fooling around. It's about cooking...
...Specific reasons for the failure of the deal, first announced last June, were not released. But Chinese regulators had frowned on the purchase for much the same reasons that U.S. consumers shunned the Hummer: the vehicle's size and poor fuel economy were impractical in an era of high fuel prices, general economic weakness and greater concern about the harmful effects of vehicle emissions on the environment. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...Chinese company had indicated that it wanted to put the Hummer on a diet and produce a leaner, more fuel-efficient version of the behemoth vehicle, which topped out at 15 m.p.g. for the once popular 2½-ton H3 model. A descendant of the U.S. military's humvee, which was built by AM General, the Hummer peaked in popularity in 2006, when GM sold more than 70,000 of the vehicles. By last year, sales had fallen to 9,000. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...