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...V8 engine guzzles a lot of gas. But the car is used very little, only for occasional necessary short trips and the odd journey for recreational purposes. The advice I'd received from green experts is that it's preferable to keep an old car going for as long as possible. Each new car requires energy and materials to produce, equivalent to some 15% of the total lifetime emissions of a car in regular...
...Sports drinks and other ready-to-go beverages are more popular than ever, but there are healthy new options too. V8 V-Fusion is a new drink that packs a full serving of both fruit and vegetables into a little bottle. It's 100% juice and doesn't have added sugar. It may seem odd to see a tomato juice brand offering fruity flavors like Strawberry Banana, Peach Mango and Tropical Orange, but it's a nutritious alternative to soda. Other options, if you're a Jamba Juice-fan, are Bolthouse Farms' new drinks, like C-Boost, a tropical fruit...
...tests. At start-up and in slow city traffic, the 400h runs solely on its silent electric motors, making for a peaceful commute. The 400h handled well, accelerated quickly and quietly engaged its gas engine. Because the 400h has a power output similar to that of a 4-liter V8 engine, you never feel as if you are compromising performance for fuel economy, as with some early hybrids, such as the Honda Insight...
...tests. At start-up and in slow city traffic, the 400h runs solely on its silent electric motors, making for a peaceful commute. The 400h handled well, accelerated quickly and quietly engaged its gas engine. Because the 400h has a power output similar to that of a 4-liter V8 engine, you never feel as if you are compromising performance for fuel economy, as with some early hybrids, such as the Honda Insight...
...subtle, but the message sticks. At stores where kids received free samples of V8 Splash Fruit Medley, it became the top-selling flavor, according to Field Trip Factory. In another case, sales of children's toothpaste shot up 18%. "These field trips are nothing more than a way to clobber a captive audience of impressionable children with ads," says Gary Ruskin of Commercial Alert, a watchdog group. But Abbie Levi, whose daughter Sarah asked for a hamster after attending the Petco field trip, says simply, "Parents have the power to say no." Easier said than done. --By Lisa Takeuchi Cullen...