Keyword: transportation

Green Transportation Basics
A Green Energy Guide
by Dan Chiras

Our automobile culture is devastating for the environment, but private passenger vehicles are unlikely to disappear from our roads anytime soon. Greener cars and fuels will be a necessity for many years to come.
Green Transportation Basics is a guide …
related subjects: Energy

Transport Revolutions
Moving People and Freight without Oil
by Richard Gilbert & Anthony Perl

Modern societies now rely almost entirely on oil for moving people and freight. The impacts on transport of scarcer and more expensive oil pose major challenges to humanity. They require revolutions in our thinking about mobility, and consequent …
related subjects: Environment & Economy , Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil

Plug-in Hybrids
The Cars that Will Recharge America
by Sherry Boschert

A politically polarized America is coming together over a new kind of car - the plug-in hybrid that will save drivers money, reduce pollution, and increase U.S. security by reducing dependence on imported oil.
Plug-in Hybrids points out that, whereas …
related subjects: Environment & Economy

Cutting Your Car Use
Save Money, Be Healthy, Be Green!
by Randdall Ghent
with Anna Semlyen

Imagine living where every child can walk or cycle to school in safety, where local businesses thrive and where a car is not essential to enjoy life. Picture how different your neighborhood would be with fewer moving cars. Think how much better your …
related subjects: Environment & Economy