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Let’s assume for the moment that the ethanol lobby is telling the truth. According to its claims, by 2030:
Cellulosic ethanol (produced from corn cobs, wood chips, wood waste, straw, grasses, and other waste) will produce 80-100 billion gallons of ethanol in the U.S. using commercial technology.
Average corn yields will increase from today’s +150 bushels per [...]
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In 2011, the Ford Super Duty pickup will have a new diesel engine. It doesn’t have overhead cams actuating the valves, it has pushrods. It doesn’t have two separate turbochargers, it has one…sort of. The exhaust manifold isn’t on the side of the engine block, it’s in the valley where most engines have their intake [...]
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Let’s get the bad part out of the way first. Not long after they dropped the GMC Sierra Hybrid off, it developed a loud metal-on-metal clanging noise up behind the instrument panel. Judging from the sound produced and its location, I was certain it was one half of a metal bracket either hitting the other [...]
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The blogs, airwaves and newspapers are awash with the news that the Obama administration, the states (i.e., California), and automakers have agreed to an historic reduction in vehicular emissions and increase in fuel economy. The standards call for a fleet-wide average–cars and trucks combined–of 35.5 mpg by 2016, with passenger cars averaging 39 mpg and [...]
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I’m waiting for Clint Eastwood to come riding in at any moment, with his hat pulled down over his eyes and emanating a quiet intensity because this is turning out to be a Sergio Leone spaghetti western. Only the bad guy in this particular telling rides out of the east (D.C.) and bullies bondholders and [...]
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