SUVs
Pumping Chumps
Gas prices dip and Americans fall right back into the SUV habit. Sigh. Addiction really is a terrible thing.
January 5, 2009 | Read More
Electric Boogaloo: GM Promises To Build The Car It Killed
GM is promising to offer an electric car by 2010–a full 14 years after the company first started working to KILL the exact same technology.
December 4, 2008 | Read More
GM Bellies Up To The Bailout Table
It’s like the Bard said: “Ah, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to … throw taxpayer money at massive multinational corporations.” Okay, maybe Shakespeare wasn’t talking about Hank Paulson, Goldman Sachs, and now General Motors. But he could have been.
November 8, 2008 | Read More
Uncle Sam To GM: All I Got Is $25 Billion
Hank Paulson has apparently decided that General Motors - one of the biggest corporations on the planet, which employees 200,000 and provides health care and pensions to a million Americans - is not ‘too big too fail.’ But don’t feel too sorry for the behemoth multinational. It looks like Uncle Sam has found a way to toss a couple dozen billion its way after all.
November 3, 2008 | Read More
Make the Wasteful Pay their Share
One of the reasons so many Americans drive gas-guzzling cars and live in oversized homes is that we don’t have to pay the true costs of what we buy. That needs to change. It’s past time for a carbon tax on new purchases.
The idea behind the tax is simple: if you really want to surround yourself with three tons of steel on the road, you should have to pay a lot extra. The hidden costs of that vehicle are enormous-not just on the climate, but also on our roads and highways. I’m not even talking about the increased chance of…
August 27, 2008 | Read More
Reason #81: Gasholes and Jackgases - Isolation on Wheels
Americans like to picture themselves driving off into the sunset, but right now, unless we make real changes to our energy policy, we’re speeding toward a cliff.
The farthest place you can get from Europe and its bullet trains is Smugsville, USA. Everyone here’s got a “up yours” attitude and we’re proud of it. How do you know you’re in Smugsville? When you’re in a car, by yourself, with the pedal to the metal and bass booming in your ears as you jerk the wheel back and forth to cut from lane to lane.
Let’s face it: We’re a culture on wheels. We demand…
August 27, 2008 | Read More
