Month: November 2007

Early 1980s: Better Gas Mileage, Greater Security, a Stronger Economy

  By General Corruption, Health & Environment, OIL

By ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. FrugalMarketing.com It has become clear to most Americans that maintaining our national security will require reducing our dependence on foreign oil. But Republicans are using the current crisis to push through a reckless energy agenda, including drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that will not improve America’s security. Even the conservative Cato Institute has called President Bush’s claim that Arctic oil would reduce gas. . . CONTINUE

Porsche: 1st in-wheel, 1st all-wheel, and 1st “plug-in” hybrid electric

  By Electric Vehicles

Nov. 11 2007 Next to its new Porsche Cayenne Hybrid SUV at the 2007 Los Angles Auto Show later this month, Porsche will show off an electric car from 1900 designed by founder Ferdinand Porsche. This is the predecessor of what was the world’s first hybrid car, which followed this one by just a few years. Even Porsche’s initial all-electric design was revolutionary, despite the fact that electric cars were. . . CONTINUE