| They are going to export OUR natural gas |
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May 16, 2012 - 8:36 AM - by herm
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 12 projects to export LNG ongoing
Edward Mcallister - REUTERS - May 15, 2012
Pres. Obama refuses to do anything about it. You can bet the greedy corporations dont care about higher fuel costs for Americans, and they probably will get tax benefits to do it. --Ed.
Two North American liquefied natural gas export plants were announced on Tuesday, joining a lengthening list of projects aimed at shipping surplus gas overseas.
Excelerate Energy, the U.S. liquefied natural gas company founded by Oklahoma billionaire George Kaiser, plans to develop the country's first floating LNG export plant off the Gulf Coast,... [Read More]
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| As European Car Sales Slide, the Industry Gets Desperate |
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May 16, 2012 - 8:30 AM - by ALS
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 The car sector cannot solve its Europe problem, and that will swamp sales and earnings for a long time to come.
Douglas A. Mcintyre - 247WALLST - May 16, 2012
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) announced that April sales of cars and light trucks in the region were “6.9% less than in the same month of 2011.” That means only 1,017,912 new passenger cars were registered in the European Union during the month.
As might be expected, based on the great disparity of GDP growth or contraction, sales in Germany rose 2.9%, while sales in Spain and Greece fell 21.7% and 18.0%, respectively. Regardless of how the numbers... [Read More]
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| Facebook’s Zuckerberg's Perfectly Legal Scheme to Avoid Taxes |
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May 15, 2012 - 9:28 PM - by xcel
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Can I get paid via stock options too? Nope.
Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - May 15, 2012
Facebook - A “No Tax” deal for all concerned. Those concerns behind Facebook anyway?
In an article posted at Thinkprogress - Facebook Unfriends Uncle Sam: Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan to Avoid Taxes, apparently some in Congress are cheering his and co-founder of Facebook Edward Saverin’s plan on?
With the way the “IPO” is being structured, both CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook itself will lower their tax bills to “$0.00” for years to come and in fact, generate up to $500 Million of... [Read More]
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| Hyundai’s Blue Link Receives Major Upgrade |
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May 15, 2012 - 4:15 PM - by xcel
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Faster, easier, a new parking meter timer, car finder and vehicle diagnostics are brand new.
Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - May 15, 2012
Hyundai's BlueLink is just the beginning.
Every “next” generation automobile offers new technology and in the past 5 + years, that also means more connected.
Enter Hyundai’s Blue Link
Blue Link allows you to connect to your Hyundai automobile and its surrounds through your Smartphone, from within your future Hyundai or via the web. It is an all-new telematics platform that offer s more than 30 unique connectivity features on near future Hyundai models.
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| iPhone Powered By Viruses? Berkeley Scientists Move Closer |
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May 14, 2012 - 7:45 PM - by ALS
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The scientists tapped a finger on an electrode coated with the viruses and the viruses then converted the force of the tap into an electric charge.
Joanna Stern - YAHOO - May 14, 2012
Viruses might eventually be able to power the very phone, computer or tablet you're reading this article on. And we're not talking about those digital viruses or infestations - trojans, worms, and whatnot.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab have found a way to generate power using human viruses. Yes, those viruses inside your body. With a harmless specially engineered M13 virus, the group has been... [Read More]
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| Ferrari hybrid car? Coming this year, chairman says. |
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May 14, 2012 - 5:26 PM - by ALS
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Hybrid car sales rising, Ferrari decides to join the crowd with a Ferrari Enzo hybrid car, due out 'at the end of the year,' chairman says.
Nelson Ireson - CSMONITOR - May 14, 2012
Luca di Montezemolo is many things: a snazzy dresser, a political powerhouse in Italy, and, most relevant to us, the chairman of Ferrari. As part of the most recent quarter's financial results (which were quite good) di Montezemolo announced that the new Ferrari Enzo hybrid supercar would arrive by the end of the year.
In di Montezemolo's words, "At the end of the year, we'll also be unveiling the new Enzo, a limited series... [Read More]
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| A “Driving with Load” like Cruise Control for the Big Rigs Is Ready to Roll |
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May 14, 2012 - 1:17 PM - by xcel
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Predictive Cruise Control – A Smart cruise that saves fuel.
Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - May 14, 2012
A Daimler product, an older Freightliner Cascadia climbing the Rockies. If it only had Predictive Cruise Control its owner/operators could have saved thousands of $ per year by reducing their consumption by thousands of gallons of diesel.
Taking the driver out of the equation may be one of the only real things that can be done get the big rigs to reduce their fuel consumption. Now Mercedes-Benz may have a partial solution.
A cruise control... [Read More]
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| Ford’s Focus Diesel Honored Yet Again in Europe… Nowhere To Be Found Here However :( |
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May 14, 2012 - 12:23 PM - by xcel
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The best C-Segment car at the 2012 diesel car awards was none other than the Focus with the mighty 1.6L TDCi.
Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - May 14, 2012
2012 Ford Focus – In Europe, Ford’s diesels continue to win awards. In the US, its Direct Injected 2.0L counterpart doesn’t even garner press?
Can it have anything to do with a 66.5 mpgUS combined rating on the NEDC and maybe 53 mpgUS combined on our own EPA for the upcoming Focus ECOnetic vs. the US spec’ed Focus SFE with the 2.0L allowing an eye popping, hold onto your hats folks, blockbusting 33 mpgUS combined rating! Surely it could not have anything to do with that?
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| Describing Handling |
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May 14, 2012 - 10:58 AM - by xcel
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So what's a lift-off oversteering car with turn-in understeer?
Julian Edgar - AutoSpeed - May 15, 2012
A 2013 Lexus GS350 F-Sport exiting hard on the throttle - One of the best handling and somewhat affordable -- compared to the exotics -- showroom floor handling super cars available anywhere.
This article was first published in 2008.
Here we cover the definitions of some of the words used to describe car handling and suspension. If you don't know how to describe it, it's a lot harder to get someone to... [Read More]
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| Car buying in China limited by lotteries, fitness tests |
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May 14, 2012 - 8:30 AM - by ALS
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 Beijing issues 20,000 new plates a month. Would-be car buyers stand a 1-in-32 chance of securing a plate that allows city driving six days a week.
Alisa Priddle - USATODAY - May 14, 2012
Juan Lu and her husband, Jun Gao, can't suppress their new-car grins.
The young Chinese couple have taken delivery of their first car, a Ford Mondeo midsize sedan, from a dealership in western Beijing.
They are part of a burgeoning middle class that wants to trade in their subway tokens for their own wheels to get Lu to work at the hospital and Gao to his government job, and also take them away for a weekend holiday.
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| Hyundai’s Direct Injection Wins “Yankee Cup Technology Award” |
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May 13, 2012 - 3:21 PM - by xcel
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From the smallest Accent to the flagship Equss, direct injection is Hyundai’s key enabler to better fuel economy is called “Direct Injection”.
Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - May 13, 2012
2012 Hyundai Accent – Just $12,545 to start while allowing a 30/40 mpgUS city/highway rating thanks in part to its very advanced 1.6L GDI.
Late last week, Hyundai was recognized for their industry-leading push and rollout of Direct Injection (DI) technology. The New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) honored Hyundai with what they call the “Yankee Cup Technology Award”. DI simultaneously improves fuel... [Read More]
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| What happens when oil becomes unaffordable? |
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May 13, 2012 - 12:03 PM - by Chuck
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 ...even China and India, the global economy’s principal engines of growth, can’t escape the toll exacted by high energy prices.
Jeff Rubin - THEGLOBEANDMAIL - May 2, 2012
"Oh, it will NEVER happen - we just have to be allowed to drill it and there's plenty." --Ed.
When the first OPEC oil shock hit in the 1970s, President Nixon responded by lowering the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour in a bid to conserve energy. But speed limits aren’t the only thing that can change when oil prices go up. Right... [Read More]
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| How cars are really killing us |
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May 13, 2012 - 11:51 AM - by Chuck
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It's not failure to be green - it's failure to be lean. Long commutes contribute to obesity and high blood pressure.
Paul Taylor - THEGLOBEANDMAIL - May 10, 2012
We need more walkable communities and options to walk and bike. --Ed.
Our love affair with the automobile often leads to a broken heart – quite literally.
Two studies published this week drive home the message that an overreliance on the car can contribute to the development of heart disease.
One study found that long car commutes... [Read More]
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| Car rental by the minute gaining traction in Europe |
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May 13, 2012 - 9:13 AM - by atlaw4u
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Daimler AG installed the largest fleet of its Car2go short-term rental cars in Berlin last month, overwhelming BMW AG's DriveNow offerings two-to-one
Chris Reiter - DETROITNEWS - May 13, 2012
Daimler AG is flooding Berlin with Smart cars to claim a greater share of Europe's burgeoning rent-by-the-minute urban auto market.
The maker of Mercedes-Benz cars installed the largest fleet of its Car2go short-term rental service in the German capital last month, overwhelming Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's DriveNow offerings two-to-one. The... [Read More]
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| Over 15 Million Truck Transport Miles Avoided Thanks To New Logistics Program |
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May 13, 2012 - 9:05 AM - by xcel
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The ‘Network Integrator’ logistics concept offers one distribution platform for multiple automotive manufacturers aimed at reducing unnecessary or underutilized transport by optimizing the supply chain.
Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - May 13, 2012
A lot less of this = lot more of this: $. And for all the right reasons.
In a Ford corporate release, Ford and Penske were recently honored by the European Logistics Association (ELA) with this year’s European Award for Logistics Excellence 2012 award for the innovative Network Integrator concept developed by the two companies.
The winning case study submission is a joint project of... [Read More]
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