>> Black cars not cool enough for California. To reduce car AC use and, thereby, reducing the carbon footprint of cars, Cali Air Resource Board suggested a minimum level of reflectivity for all car paints and windows — prompting complaints and jokes about weird Californian laws, prompting CARB to shelve the cool paint idea altogether.
>> National fuel standards are going up by 2 mpg starting with 2011 models. That’ll mean 27.3 average mpgs for new cars and trucks.
>> Going beyond national standards, Cali’s trying to set stricter fuel emissions standards now that the U.S. EPA’s no longer standing in the way.
>> However, Cali’s now got new foes: Ethanol proponents. Corn ethanol’s got major problems, and other forms of ethanol (i.e. cellulosic ethanol) are still not commercially viable. Catch up on the debate by reading Rolling Stone’s “The Ethanol Scam: One of America’s Biggest Political Boondoggles.”
Earlier: Fuel: An Entertaining primer on a clean energy future
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GreenLAGirl could get a jump on cleaning up their car and the environment by blading their ride – bladeyourride.com
Comment by jen — March 30, 2009 @ 9:07 pm