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Frugal beginners guide to going green
Huddler’s tight-knit community of eco-minded consumers share their knowledge about sustainable products and services ranging from electric cars to organic toothpaste. Click here to participate. Go green and save green: Beginner’s guide In this guide, you’ll find out how to spend less than $1,200 to save over $8,000 over the course of five years. Here are [...]
Continue reading...Eco-friendly cars for the cheapskate
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Huddler’s tight-knit community of eco-minded consumers share their knowledge about sustainable products and services ranging from electric cars to organic toothpaste. Click here to participate. Sometimes I think it would be nice to buy a brand-new shiny car, but then I think about all the downsides. Car payments. Being at the mercy of what the manufacturers [...]
Continue reading...Eco-friendly Green cars for the cheapskate
Friday, September 5, 2008
Sometimes I think it would be nice to buy a brand-new shiny car, but then I think about all the downsides. Car payments. Being at the mercy of what the manufacturers are willing to create. The off-gassing that we call “new car smell.” Credit checks. Learning how to negotiate with car dealers. Let me tell [...]
Continue reading...Frugal beginners guide to going green for your car and home
Friday, September 5, 2008
Huddler’s tight-knit community of eco-minded consumers share their knowledge about sustainable products and services ranging from electric cars to organic toothpaste. Go green and save green: Beginner’s guide In this guide, you’ll find out how to spend less than $1,200 to save over $8,000 over the course of five years. Here are suggestions of free [...]
Continue reading...ScanGauge II - Product Review
Friday, September 5, 2008
We wrote about ScanGauge earlier this year, in the context of an offer of insurance rate reductions for those who install one in their CARS to monitor motor vehicle mileage. Adam Stern over at TerraPass blog explains how the intersection of car-embedded PCs and changing driving habits can create an opportunity to get reduced insurance rates. Reader [...]
Continue reading...NOOO! Honda Fit Hybrid Not Coming to United States
Friday, August 22, 2008
No Hybrid Fit for You The people at ABG had a chance to ask Honda spokesperson Sage Marie about when the Honda Fit hybrid would be available in the US. The disappointing answer was that it wouldn’t be sold in the US, at least not for a while. The Business Case Honda probably has good business reasons for [...]
Continue reading...A Special Peak Inside Nissan’s Battery R&D Laboratory
Friday, August 22, 2008
This is Where the Magic Happens When it comes to plug-in hybrids and electric cars, power storage is the key. It’s the main puzzle that needs to be solved. How to store as much power as possible, as safely as possible, and as inexpensively as possible (fast recharge capability is a bonus). Nissan’s Future Might Come from [...]
Continue reading...A Special Peak Inside Nissan’s Battery R&D Laboratory
Friday, August 22, 2008
This is Where the Magic Happens When it comes to plug-in hybrids and electric cars, power storage is the key. It’s the main puzzle that needs to be solved. How to store as much power as possible, as safely as possible, and as inexpensively as possible (fast recharge capability is a bonus). Nissan’s Future Might Come from [...]
Continue reading...NOOO! Honda Fit Hybrid Not Coming to United States
Friday, August 22, 2008
No Hybrid Fit for You The people at ABG had a chance to ask Honda spokesperson Sage Marie about when the Honda Fit hybrid would be available in the US. The disappointing answer was that it wouldn’t be sold in the US, at least not for a while. The Business Case Honda probably has good business reasons for [...]
Continue reading...Six Amazing Hypermiling Videos
Friday, August 22, 2008
Hypermiling Picked Up By Mainstream Media High gas prices are not without certain advantages – from fewer traffic deaths to increased mass transit ridership, paying more at the pump can certainly concentrate the mind to seek alternatives. We’ve already noted that acai berry diets such as Acai Berry power 500 are on the rise now hypermiling [...]
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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