We researched ad nauseam what fuel-efficient, low-emissions car we should buy. We finally chose the Honda Civic hybrid for its great ratings all around, plus its state AND federal tax credits. We waited and waited for it to arrive at the dealership. Last night we finally brought it home.
Entries Tagged as 'hybrids'
Our New Honda Hybrid
May 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments · sustainability, transportation
Tags: carbon footprint·carpool·carpooling·cars·consumption·energy conservation·green living·Honda hybrid·hybrid·hybrids·Prius·pzev·tax credit
Rejecting Agrofuel: What To Do
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · food & drink, sustainability
The diamond-cut life is about more joy, more integrity and less consumption as we deal with global warming. The food-as-fuel track that the U.S. is on (ethanol) assumes unlimited consumption (driving alone, for instance) with no particular joy or integrity. What are practical, concrete things we can do? Here is what my household is doing [...]
Tags: agrifuel·agrofuel·bicycle·biofuel·carbon footprint·carpooling·consumption·diet·Drive Less Save More·environment·fuel·global warming·green living·Honda hybrid·hybrids·Prius·trip diary·vanpool·walk
Food For Biofuel? Wrong.
May 8th, 2008 · 4 Comments · food & drink, sustainability, transportation
While President Bush and the biofuel industry are happy with the growth of biofuel, Columbia economics professor Jeffrey Sachs is not. Neither, it seems, are millions in the world currently starving who weren’t starving prior to the push for biofuel. The food riots in at least eight countries over skyrocketing food prices may have been [...]
Tags: biofuel·consumption·economics·energy conservation·environment·ethanol·food prices·fuel·global warming·hybrid·hybrids·Jeffrey Sachs·life·subsidies
Stampede To Small Cars?
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · sustainability, transportation
The New York Times has a front-page article today about Americans making a stampede to small cars due to rising gas prices. I read it avidly since our transportation choices form such a high percentage of our national carbon footprint (and carbon emissions are the primary cause of global warming). It turned out that one [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·carpooling·cars·consumption·economics·energy conservation·fuel efficiency·global warming·hybrid·hybrids·pzev·SUVs
Driving A Prius In The Wild West
April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · sustainability, transportation
My job in transportation options has taken me, in a new Prius, to the high desert town of Bend, Oregon (recently named by American Cowboy magazine in its Top Ten list of wild-west towns). The Prius, mud-splattered from the Santiam Pass, is now dusted with snow as well, so it reminds me of an [...]
Tags: Appaloosa·Bend·carbon emissions·climate change·conservation·consumption·energy conservation·global warming·green living·hybrid·hybrids·Juliet Schor·Old West·Oregon·peak oil·Prius·vanpool·Wild West
