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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon).

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

And since I am indeed The Greenius and I have legally laid claim to this decade, preempting all others, I can confidently lay this on you and you can take comfort knowing I’m on the case and will not let you down. We need more juice than that to get things done in the Greenius Decade and I know precisely where to get it.

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Electric dirt bikes buyer’s guide and best models

Green Authority

While electric dirt bikes can go fast, they could run out of juice while you’re on the road. You can run the KTM Freeride E-XC in Economy mode, with a speed limit of 31 mph (50 kph), Enduro with a power restriction of 16 kW, and Cross that will give you access to the bike’s full power. The electric dirt bike weighs about 137 lbs. (62

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

China and India recently announced plans to reduce the carbon intensity, or the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product, of their economies over the next decade. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. The situation is the same for India.