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  • July 2008

    • NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids

      USA Today  |  Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids

      (Newser) - The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered a fever-pitch demand for the fuel-efficient cars. "Consumers have been on waiting lists for months, and even they can't get one," said one analyst. More »

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      New York City  • environment  • gas  • hybrid car  • green  • green transportation  • taxi  • fuel consumption

  • June 2008

    • China Jacks Up Energy Prices

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      China Jacks Up Energy Prices

      (Newser) - China will raise domestic energy prices starting tomorrow, the Wall Street Journal reports, with gas and diesel costs jumping 18%. China’s heavily subsidized fuel is still cheaper than international rates, and the move may be an attempt to appease foreign governments, who blame Beijing's intervention for letting demand rise unchecked in the world's second-largest oil consumer. More »

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      China  • oil price  • gas  • fuel costs  • diesel  • fuel consumption

    • Gas Prices Hit Hardest in Rural Areas—not Suburbs

      New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Gas Prices Hit Hardest in Rural Areas—not Suburbs

      (Newser) - Gas prices, which hit an all-time-high average of $4 a gallon over the weekend, are causing more pain in rural America than anywhere else, with motorists in the South, Southwest, and the upper Great Plains the hardest hit. With relatively low wages and high use of pickup trucks and vans, rural families spend up to 13% of their income on fuel while the national average is only 4%, reports the New York Times. More »

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      gas prices  • economy  • fuel costs  • wages  • South  • Great Plains  • fuel consumption  • low-income families

  • April 2008

    • Slow Down! Autobahn Hits a Limit

      Der Spiegel  |  Apr 10, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Slow Down! Autobahn Hits a Limit

      (Newser) - The German autobahn is one of the world's last stretches of open road where a driver can learn how it feels to coax a Porsche to 200 mph and beyond—legally. But those days are numbered. the German state of Bremen has imposed a 75 mph speed limit and others may follow, reports Der Spiegel More »

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      environment  • Germany  • Angela Merkel  • Berlin  • European Commission  • highway safety  • speed limit  • fuel consumption

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