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• Michael Rose: The Last Mountain -- New Documentary Chronicles Coal Mining's Collateral Damage

  Tue Jun 14, 2011
  • I was really impressed with this film. It really takes us into the world of coal mining but also lays out a way forward.

• Gooding Car Auction Brings in $32.4-million -- What Recession?

  Thu Jan 29, 2009
  • Scottsdale brings the biggest classic car auction companies to town every year and people in this market were holding their breath wondering if their garages were suddenly going to be worth as much as a drawer of Enron stock. Estimating Barrett-Jackson did 62M, RM 18M and Gooding 32M.

• Kicking the Oil Habit with Electric Cars

  Mon Dec 22, 2008
  • As far as cost, that is a problem.  The Chevrolet Volt's anticipated $40,000 cost doesn't make this a mass market fix for lowering greenhouse gas emissions or for lessening or dependence on oil.  It's an upper-middle class, feel-good, nifty sci-fi car that might help the company's …

• Ex-CIA Director Says Plug-In Hybrids are vital for National Security

  Mon Dec 22, 2008
  • That is a problem and that's why we need a public/private partnership to build the infrastructure.  It's like the Federal highway program of the '50s that built the interstates.  Or plug-ins will remain a feel-good luxury for the wealthy instead of a means to reduce CO2 emissions …

• Big Three Need A Plan

  Mon Dec 1, 2008
  • Don't think that's going to happen for a number of reasons.  Primarily because it would be the death knell for the companies.  There is no money for them to reorganize as there would be in normal economic times.  They'd just collapes and we'd have massive …

• Elaine Dundy, 86; author wrote about life with Kenneth Tynan - Los Angeles Times

  Thu May 8, 2008
  • One of the most vibrant witnesses to the invention of the culture of the 20th century died but left us with a memory of what a living Holly Golightly really would be like.

• Ford Looks at Plug-In Hybrid Impact on Power Grid

  Sat Mar 29, 2008
  • Another example of coming full circle. The first car dealer in Detroit, William Metzger (1868-1933) sold Waverly Electric Cars. Even Henry Ford's wife drove an electric car as did that oil baron, John D. Rockefeller.

• Ford Looks at Plug-In Hybrid Impact on Power Grid

  Sat Mar 29, 2008
  • One of the many hurdles that must be surmounted.

• California's Zero Emissions Regulations Downsized

  Fri Mar 28, 2008
  • While the challenges are enormous the transformation to a more fuel-efficient future appears to be inevitable. When a former CIA director and Secretary of State hit the stump to promote fuel efficient cars because of national security you know a shift has occurred.

• Some SUVs Perform Worse Than Cars in Side Crash Tests

  Wed Oct 10, 2007
  • While cars and trucks are much safer than before there's more to do and we see that it's a myth to believe that an SUV is always safer than a car.