Category Archives: Autos

The Inflation Reduction Act Plan for Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Another Science Magazine Breakthrough was the US passage of the Inflation Reduction act, which contains $369 billion over ten years for lowering US greenhouse gases.  One goal of the IRA is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 … Continue reading →

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The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations First of all, the Obama Clean Power Plan program was already blocked by the courts, and President Biden had not yet proposed his regulations to get around this.  Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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California’s Oil Refinement, Imports, and Use

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California’s Oil Refinement, Imports, and Use I am going to use a mix of numbers from recent years, which of course change from year to year with a fungible product like oil.  Costs don’t matter much since those thrifty days … Continue reading →

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Sanctioning Russian Oil Exports

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russian Oil Exports to Europe, China, and the US The oil scene in round numbers is that the World is about to use 100 million barrels per day (mbpd), where a barrel is 42 gallons and makes 19.2 gallons of … Continue reading →

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Comparing the Citizens Climate Lobby and the Climate Leadership Council Carbon Fee and Dividend Plans

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Comparing the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) Carbon Fee and Dividend Plans The CLC has been put forward by an Οp-Ed in the Washington Post, and the “The Pricing Advantage” by George R. Schultz and … Continue reading →

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The Clever Real Estate Study of the Cost of Commuting, and California Cities

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

I drove on the freeway on a weekday, for two hours, yesterday, so it is timely to report on another study on the cost of commuting.  This one, by Clever Real Estate, lists the top 50 cities in terms of … Continue reading →

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California Cities Annual Costs of Commutes

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Lending Tree has put out a study of the annual costs of commutes in US cities.  It evaluates this by using the average salaries in the cities, applied to the yearly number of hours spent commuting.   It’s hard to … Continue reading →

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Possible Political Opposition to Automated Driving

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Will bad, impatient, freedom loving and conspiracy theory drivers oppose automated driving? In the ideal and probably not too distant future, everything on and near a roadway will be electronically labeled, and they will all share location, speed, and route, … Continue reading →

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Main California Cities in the Top 20 in Clean Energy

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California’s main cities rank in the top 20 in The 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard of the ACEEE, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy We list the rank, city name, and overall score out of 100 of California cities. Rank … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Climate Change Denial Con and His Activities

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Climate Change Denial Con and His Activities I wrote before, that the plan of the Cons that Trump carries out is to act 100% like the Con is actually true.  I even invented a fictitious book that Trump is … Continue reading →

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