Entries Tagged as ‘Energy conservation’

May 27, 2008

A decent tax credit: $2,500 for any car over 45 mpg

The New York Times: Running out of fuel, but not out of ideas
Okay,
Let’s start to solve the problem at the pump in the United States, and let’s do it with a very simple solution. If we offered a tax credit of $2,500 for any new car that got more than 45 miles per gallon (5.22 [...]

May 22, 2008

Turn off the lights, sell the car, and start walking

The Wall Street Journal: Energy watchdog warns of oil production crunch
The sky is falling! We are finally at peak oil according to some people in Paris. It is amazing how these people are not going to get their report out till November, but as the market is going up they just have to get the [...]