When I link to my post where I propose a complicated Fuel Efficiency Payment --equal to the inverse of a cars fuel efficiency multiplied by total miles traveled--to encourage/incentivize/force drivers to internalize the long list of externalities associated with driving, I get comments along these lines: No one ever mentions how easy it would be to circumvent this tax. It is also work noting that a driving tax and a fuel efficiency payment/gas tax are not equivalent. MORE
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billion of investments in some of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies – while at the same time calling for immediate action against climate change. But apparently, both Bill and Melinda have missed that their investments in oil, gas and coal helps fuel the climate change – a crisis which they themselves deem to be a serious threat. “At It’s been revealed that the Gates Foundation, run by Bill and Melinda Gates, has held at least $1.4 MORE
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Eco News four loko banned four loko ethanol four loko fuelEvery can of the now banned Four Loko makes about 2.8 ounces of ethanol alcohol. That means that every four cases could produce a little more than a gallon of ethanol alcohol. Wholesalers across the East Coast are currently shipping their unsold inventories of Four Loko to MXI Environmental Services, a Virgina-based waste disposal and recycling company. MXI is one of three such facilities in the U.S. MORE
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Another response is ordering more fuel-efficient planes. It uses 20% less fuel, through the use of advanced lightweight composite materials, systems, aerodynamics and more efficient engines. As airplanes age out, they are expected to be replaced by more fuel-efficient models. MORE
A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) in Australia has discovered that renewable energy is cheaper to produce than the old conventional fossil fuel sources, and that is without the subsidies. The study shows that electricity can be supplied from a new wind farm at a cost of AUD 80/MWh (USD 83), compared to AUD 143/MWh from a new coal plant or AUD 116/MWh from a new baseload gas plant, including the cost of emissions under the Gillard government’s carbon pricing scheme. MORE
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