by Chris Sawyer on February 17, 2010
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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by Chris Sawyer on January 16, 2010
For a number of years, the combination of a January time slot, official “International Auto Show” status, and good economic times made Detroit one of the “must see” auto shows. Automakers both domestic and foreign came to Detroit’s aging Cobo Center to hawk their latest wares. That was especially true when the Los Angeles Auto [...]
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by Mark Ewing on October 18, 2009
Well, I thought highly of the Taurus. Fiesta? Not so much, though there’s nothing so horribly wrong that the car can’t be fixed before market launch next spring/summer. Thanks to an invitation from Ford PR, I had a chance to drive a Fiesta last week at the Orange County Auto Show. Ford hired an event [...]
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by Chris Sawyer on March 5, 2009
I was really looking forward to the new Ford Fiesta. I was. That was until I discovered that the car will be available only as a four-door sedan or a five-door hatchback. I neither need nor want the two extra doors. Give me a coupe or a three-door, but not one of these junior family [...]
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