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Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybridsDon't forget the VW 'Clean Diesel' Tech!The '09 Jetta is available with VW's new 'Clean Diesel' TDI engine. I traded in my '04 TDI for an '09 model. What a step up in power and comfort!50 MPG at 55...

Tags: car, Clean Diesel, TDI, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, minivan, SUV

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

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Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Forget renewable energy, apparently the battle for supremacy in your energy future is between Big Coal and Natural Gas. Be aware, the math indicates coal has more Senate votes that natural gas. The energy bill that passed the House earlier this year does not taste good to the...

Tags: Coal, U.S. Senate, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

How the federal dollars make their way to green tech companies

The EPA is handing over 16-million dollars for purchase of clean diesel machinery. One recipient is the port of Baltimore which got over 3-million. New diesel engines burn far cleaner than old diesel engines and they're far more efficient that gas-powered. Here's the EPA release on the...

Tags: Green Technology, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-21

2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI

Photo gallery:Volkswagen Touareg TDIWe've seen dramatically good mileage in diesel cars, such as the BMW 335d and the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, but the 2009 Volkswagen Touareg TDI doesn't meet the possibly unrealistic expectations given to us by these other cars. This SUV shows diesel's ridiculously high torque, while delivering the...

Tags: Touareg TDI, Volkswagen AG, car

Product reviews 2009-08-13

The non-Ford plan for first plug-in diesel hybrid

The non-Ford plan for first plug-in diesel hybridIt is about time!With the initial push from the electric motor, a diesel would not have to huff and puff under load to accelerate thus eliminating the condition under which diesels polute the most. If the engine were optimized for it's most...

Tags: plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d

The X5 xDrive35d couples BMW's new clean diesel twin turbo 3-liter six cylinder engine with its premium SUV. The result is better fuel economy, but laggy performance, and we're not happy with the old iDrive implementation. by CNET News.com

Tags: BMW AG, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-04-06

Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?

Raise taxes? On gasoline? How about mothers' milk?Again?He's not even president yet. How about laying some of the blame on the current president? You know, the one who inherited a $500 billion surplus upon entering office and parlayed it into a $10 trillion debt upon leaving?...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obama, tax

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Khosla: Don't Save the Dinosaurs

Well-known greentech VC Vinod Khosla has an opinion piece in a national news mag today...and it calls for letting Detroit's auto dinosaurs wander around among the financial ferns until they die, or evolve into more agile creatures. Khosla's argument is cogent and backed by much of recent...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., VC Vinod Khosla, Chevy Volt, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-05

California will do the diesel dole, breathe easier

California will do the diesel dole, breathe easierClean Diesel RevolutionDiesel revolution is encouraged in two developments. The first development is the venture to achieve cleaner fuel. The second venture, on the other hand, is to promulgate tougher rules on vehicle emissionsHere is a link that might be useful: http://www.lincenergy.us

Tags: Diesel

Discussion threads 2008-11-27

Hydrogen Road Tour hits the road

Hydrogen Road Tour hits the roadhydrogen developmentWe too have Hydrogen in our vehicles here in California, we make the HH2 Hydrogen Clean Air Devices, they create on demand Hydrogen from water in our mini fuel cell, about the size of a book. We clean the exhaust emissions and as a...

Tags: hydrogen car, hydrogen, Hydrogen Road Tour

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

Cheap oil signal end of greentech bubble?

Oil futures are dropping to depths not seen for months. Even Hurricane Ike was not able to hike up the oil futures. That devastating hurricane was trumped by the downward spin of the world's stock markets and a slew of other unencouraging economic stats. So...

Tags: Private Equity, Stock, Stock Market, Investment, IPO, Finance, Financial Services, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-09-15

America Last: the official marketing policy of the auto industry?

America Last: the official marketing policy of the auto industry?A one year waiting listsounds like a business failure to me. Or another government-induced shortage.Oh, and drop the stupid "unfortunately Americans are known..." crap. Your practice of feeling morally superior through self-loathing is getting old.American imageTry living in another country for...

Tags: efficient car, marketing

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Photos: New models at the New York auto show

Must-see cars range from a sporty new coupe by Hyundai to a clean diesel Mercedes SUV and a Volvo with electronic warning systems. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-03-24

We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious myth

We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious mythHey there chicken little....>>Oh, and those dependable nuclear plants can't use abundant salt water.the sky is falling... no really... the sky is falling....Wiki "De-desalinization Plants". Plenty of abundant water for Nuclear facilities that way... And nuc energy can supply...

Tags: Jane Fonda Mind-set, precious myth, nuclear energy, Nuclear Plant, nuclear plant

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious myth

Folks who want to build more nuclear power plants love to deride greener tech like wind or solar. Those aren't dependable they love to point out. The sun may not shine. The air may be still for hours, or days on end. We allnow about becalmed...

Tags: Nuclear Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Flight profile (Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwo)

Flight profile Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwoSpaceship TwoI think this is great. I am a big fan of Burt Rutan and all of his projects. I cannot wait until SpaceShip Two is complete. I am the academic coordinator for the Aircraft Manufacturing Technology program at a technical school...

Tags: SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

2008: a year of decision for us all

BMW335d. The above photo is from CNET"s gallery of diesel cars at the Detroit Auto Show. Click here to see whole line-up. It was the greenest auto show ever in that brown town of Detroit. According to Auto Alliance we...

Tags: Detroit, Manufacturer, Harmony, Detroit Auto Show, Green, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-20

Car Wars in Detroit

Car Wars in DetroitDiesel Doings at the NAIAS: It's Easy Being GreenIn Detroit, January usually means gray skies. But this January the predominant color is green, since the 2008 North American International Auto Show was seeking to answer the big question "Which shades of green auto technology are going to...

Tags: Performance management, Diesel, Other Technologies

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Car Wars in Detroit

The electric Fisker, photo courtesy of CNET. The world's two biggest auto makers are taking their fight to new territory. Toyota today announced it will make a plug-in hyrbid. This car would run on gasoline or you could plug it in to recharge...

Tags: Car, Plug-in, Ford Motor Co., Fisker, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-14

California will do the diesel dole, breathe easier

Line up on the right, folks. The State of California has a quarter-billion dollars to give away. Got a few old fiesel trucks or a smoke-spewing tug boat? Well, this is your chance to get a little greener. Thanks to the California voters. ...

Tags: Diesel Technology Forum, Bond, California, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-21