by Bob Leonard | Jun 12, 2017 | Alternative Fuels, Electric Vehicles, Environment, Green Driving, Hybrids
There is a lot of excitement about alternative fuels and here are three reasons why: Most alternative fuels are not derived from rapidly depleting fossil fuel resources Alternative fuels can help America become more energy independent Most alternative fuels create...
by Bob Leonard | Jun 6, 2017 | Environment, Government Programs, Green Driving
Desperate to dress up the Trump administration’s possible rollback of fuel economy standards for cars as something other than what it is — a fat prize package for the auto and oil industries — some of the president’s supporters have come up with a doozy. They’re...
by Bob Leonard | Jun 6, 2017 | Environment, Green Driving, Products
Of the several dozen materials that tire manufacturers use when making tires, there are three that are periodically subject to supply problems: natural rubber, synthetic rubber and carbon-black. Needless to say, this can really mess up things up when you are trying to...
by Bob Leonard | Mar 8, 2017 | Environment, Green Driving
Today, the heating and air-conditioning systems in our cars get taken for granted. We count on the heating system to keep us toasty in the winter months and the cool air from the air-conditioner to refresh us during the summer. Ever wonder how these systems work?...
by Bob Leonard | Mar 6, 2017 | Environment, Green Driving
Ready for some good news? Very little of the millions of cars that this country scraps every year goes into landfills. This is because there are robust industries all over the country whose sole purpose is extract value from junked automobiles. Here are the statistics...
by Bob Leonard | Nov 30, 2016 | Environment, Government Programs, Green Driving
The Colorado Department of Transportation relies on a gasoline tax to pay for the bulk of road work in the state. When the taxes were implemented, they were a fair way for users of the roads and highways to pay their fair share of road costs. Why doesn’t that...
