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Report: California Gasoline No Longer the Most Expensive

The Truth About Cars

Washington has officially managed to surpass California as the state with the highest fuel prices and looks as though it’s on track to compete for that dubious honor indefinitely.& The Seattle Times goes on to say climate change is decimating Washington’s salmon population, degrading the air quality, and worsening seasonal wildfires.

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“Greenius Was Right!” says US Congressman Inslee from Washington State

Creative Greenius

Jay Inslee a democrat from the great Pacific Northwest state of Washington who tore the authors of SuperWeakEconomics a new one for all their lies and hack writing in their new, already discredited book. Same goes for their brothers in the oil and gasoline industries. Jay Inslee SuperWeakEconomics Washington State. No problem.

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California announces it will ban the sale of New Gasoline Cars

Setec Powerr

Decided to completely ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California from 2035, when all new vehicles must be an electric or plug-in hybrid. This provision will not affect the regular use of Californians who already own gasoline vehicles. Washington Gov.

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Ice core data show why air pollution is dropping more slowly in US and Western Europe despite lower sulfur emissions

Green Car Congress

Low-sulfur gasoline standards and regulations on power plants have successfully cut sulfate concentrations in the air, reducing the fine particulate matter that harms human health and cleaning up the environmental hazard of acid rain. The air in the United States and Western Europe is much cleaner than even a decade ago.

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Greenius Says, Time’s Up Folks. Your Global Warming Goose Has Now Been Cooked…

Creative Greenius

The smartest scientists on the face of the planet, the ones studying climate change and global warming, are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it any more. A snowy winter in Washington does not alter this fact. And I’m just the guy to tell that truth whether you want to hear it or not.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. grid to charge a typical 2018 EV would produce between 80 and 120 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer traveled, compared with about 240 to 320 g/km for a gasoline vehicle. EVs have finally come of age.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

Cars That Think

Even if Washington hadn’t buckled to outside pressure, the U.S. Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. ambitions for 2030 would not have been exceptional.

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