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WOW, TreeHugger

is just chock full of controversial stories

these days; between readers dissing the Tesla

Roadster, the head of Ryanair dissing the

Prime Minister, we don't know where to start.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT'S TIME TO DRIVE 55: It is an

election year, and perhaps a big issue for

discussion should be the speed at which we

drive. There were good reasons for Jimmy

Carter to reduce the limit; they are even

more valid today as we worry about greenhouse

gases and peak oill; back then it was just

about dealing with OPEC. What are some of the

benefits of driving 55?

 

It could save a lot of

fuel. Some estimates indicate up to

5%; In 1983, by which time many people were

ignoring it, it saved 2.5 billion gallons of

gasoline and diesel, or 2.2% of the total

fuel used.

 

It could save a lot of lives.

Speed kills. When the limits

raised, states that had increased their speed

limits to 75 mph (120 km/h) experienced a

shocking 38 per cent increase in deaths per

million vehicle miles.

 

It will reduce the cost of cars

and could save Detroit With a lower

speed limit one certainly doesn't have much

need for a big honking hemi, and probably you

don't need so many airbags and so much crash

protection. . ::More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ryanair Boss on the Recession

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We would welcome a good, deep, bloody

recession- [it would put

an end to the] environmental bullshit among

the chattering classes that has allowed

Gordon Brown to double air passenger duty. We

need a recession if we are going to see off

some of this environmental nonsense." .

::More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Tesla Hits the Streets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally! Tesla Chairman Elon Musk got to put

his hands on his very own all-electric

mean-green machine, and not a prototype or

crash-test sacrificial lamb. But is it really

a production unit or another handmade

prototype in a photo op? . ::More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can a recession be good?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We list ten ways that a recession might help

the environment, including reduction in

landfill, cellular phone sales, less

shipping, reduced oil burning and fewer

people flying ::Here. Mike

disagrees

and provides a counterpoint ::Here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tip from Planet Green: Use the

Force, Luke, to save the planet.

 

 

 

Enough of this recession stuff, lets go to

the movies. You can learn a lot from them;

for example, Star Wars provides some

excellent lessons about how the Empire builds

monster Death Stars, has shiny uniforms (and

throws far too much garbage into the trash

compactor), while the good guys

are truly green and responsible, as well as

frugal. They're handy and self-sufficient,

too: Luke assembled his own lightsaber, for

instance, "probably because he couldn't pop

down to Jedi-Mart for an off-the-shelf number."

 

They recycle, too. How many owners did

C3PO and R2D2 have? They just kept getting

handed down through the years. Old droids

were ravaged for parts and turned into new

droids. Lightsabers were kept in the family.

And even the Star Wars storylines were

recycled from ancient myths and legends. ::More at Planet

Green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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