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automobiles

Ford Escape Hybrid, A Big Ride with Green Ties

July 2, 2009

A year ago my lease was up and I struggled with leasing or buying a new car. I was limited to a large car since there are six in my family.   I drove almost every SUV, Crossover, and regular car that I could find that fit within my parameters.  I hated all of them.  [...]

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Humming the Electric Slide with the BG Electric Car

May 1, 2009

We have a love affair with cars.  They create our identity (think emasculating big trucks or sexy mid-life crisis sport cars.)  We sing about them (think “Little Red Corvette” or “Mustang Sally.”)    So if I were to sing about BG Automotive Group’s C100 Electric Car, the first song that comes to mind for this 4 door-Hatchback car would [...]

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Ford’s Green Intiatives. Interview with Ford’s Plastic Tech Leader

February 27, 2009

Ford’s soy based seat.
Editor’s note: This interview is the transcript for the above podcast. It has been slightly edited to make it more readable.  The audio is 20 minutes long.  Consider signing up for my podcasts.  (Not to be confused with Odiogo, which is a computer generated audio podcast.)
AH: Hi everybody. Welcome to today’s Green [...]

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You’ve Got Green Mail, January 18, 2009 Round-up

January 18, 2009

Photo by Henry Heatly
On this week’s You’ve Got Mail segment, I have included seven eclectic articles ranging from an amazing Solar-powered green slug to the USDA’s deregulation of an industrial genetically modified corn crop.  If you would like to add a news item to this list, which can include one of your own posts, then [...]

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You’ve Got Green Mail, Dec 7, 2008 Round-Up

December 7, 2008

Photo by Henry Heatly
Here is another I’ve Got Green Mail for the week of December 7, 2008.  Just to make this concept interactive, please add any new reports or concepts that you found interesting in your own comments.  You can include one of your own blog posts if you like, with a few sentences of [...]

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You’ve Got Green Mail, the after Thanksgiving Gobble-up

November 29, 2008

Photo by permission of Shira Gal
I am hoping that you are enjoying my “you’ve got green mail” feature.  It was a little quiet on the comment front on my first Green Mail article .  Did you like the copper faucets and door handles article about how cooper zaps those nasty virus bugs away?  I loved that one.
Today, I have [...]

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The Search for the Perfect Eco-Car

December 10, 2007

Photo by permission of Herry Lawford
Are you in the market for a new car? Lease is up or your car is just had it? My lease expires this week. I have stalled and stalled hoping that a hybrid minivan would some how pop onto the scene. I now have a Toyota Sienna all-wheel drive [...]

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