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News to be Released: China Topples the USA as Worlds #1 Polluter!

The ugly face of progress hides well behind the soot and smog that roosts over China’s cities, big and small, like a Carbon chicken smothering her masked hatch-lings who are choking on their breathes. A recent study by the University of California has granted China the title of being the Number 1 Polluter in the world, a title the United States has carried for quite some time with a particular level of quiet distinction.

At China’s rate of growth any in-roads made by other developed nations to curb their Greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade will have no impact on the global gains of pollution streaming from China’s industrial expansion. Both China and the United Nations are declaring that aid and new technologies should be shared from the other developed nations on how to reduce their noxious emissions. However, to make any progress in the realm of pollution it begins with education.

In the 1970’s the US began to educate its masses, starting with the children, on the ills of littering and pollution. As the 1980’s were dominated by Trickle-Down Economics, so too was the domination of Trickle-Up Education as the young corrected their parents on the dangers and risks of littering and pollution to their future. Ofcourse that is a tough step in a nation like China who’s education comes straight from the top government officials for whom the recognition of negative facts are rarely admitted and never shared. (more…)



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Chicago Auto Show: GMC to Unveil New Denali XT Hybrid-Flex Fuel Concept

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GM has really been looking for additional candidates in their line-up for the 2-Mode Hybrid system and thanks to a design by their Australian cousins at Holden they have yet potentially one more. The GMC Denali XT Concept not only sports some aggression and some retro yet future thinking design elements, but it also sports a new engine package with great appeal.

In the Denali XT Concept GMC has paired up GM’s 2-Mode Hybrid system with a 4.9 Liter small-block V8 with both direct injection and cylinder deactivation (or Active Fuel Management as GM refers to it). Also for the first time for GM the 4.9 Liter V8 in the Denali XT can be fueled by any mixture of gasoline-ethanol all the way up to E85. All together the combination of these technologies would make the Denali XT Concept one of the most Environmentally friendly Sport Utility Trucks to come to market thus far.

The Denali XT Concept comes with an adjustable air suspension incorporated in its four-wheel independent suspension to allow the SUT to perform well on the road. Yet its light weight uni-body construction and cargo area that measures 55″ by 47.5″ that can carry 1100 lbs of cargo still provides this sleek design enough truck capabilities to satisfy the average driver. To add to its versatility the Denali XT has a towing capacity of 3500 lbs and rear seats that fold down to allow for longer payloads.
GM Press Release and photo gallery follow after the link. (more…)



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Does the Green Car of the Year only get 20mpg?

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With the Chevy Tahoe and the other large SUV’s under the umbrella of GM and those infused with the Mode 2 Hybrid drive system there are now tanks achieving the fuel mileage of jeeps on the automotive battlefield. At an average of 20mpg in city driving the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid achieves a fuel mileage rating that is as good or better than some cars. For the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid that is a 40% savings in fuel consumption from their non-hybrid model. So while a 20-mpg fuel rating may not sound all that Green to the judges at the LA Auto Show it seems the 40% improvement in fuel consumption won them over.

Some of the big names that served on this years judging panel that chose the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid are Carrol Shelby, Jay Leno, Carol Pope and Jean Michel Cousteau. Rounding out the field of judges were industry leaders and several motor journalists. So did the lacking of a new 40mpg model leave the judges with no other clear alternative except the Tahoe Hybrid? (more…)



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Staged Rally held in Chicago against CAFE increases involving UAW workers

UAW - CAFE Protests in ChicagoA rally was staged in Chicago today in opposition of the fuel bill that has passed the Senate. To form the protest UAW members from Chrysler and Ford assembly plants around the Chicago area were bused in to make their voices heard. Their theme for the rally was to urge Congress to “Save Their Jobs.” The fear among the American auto industry is that the Big 3 will not be able to meet the CAFE increases in time and will be forced to… what?

What would be the true likelihood that the Big 3 would merely close up shop in the face of the increased fuel mileage standards? These same protests were performed in 1991 as the first fuel mileage bill was in the works. Amazing how they managed to reach that goal while a new goal seems so daunting or impossible. I wonder what the protests were like when the Federal Governments made seat belts mandatory in automobiles.
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