As many of our faithful readers know, half of 2nd Green Revolution gave up their car at the end of last year. For those that having been paying close attention, they are aware that the other half has increased their family by one this year. While the impact of Western lifestyles and consumption patters are [...]
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To Buy A Hybrid or Drive Fewer Miles Without One?
April 5th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Eric Wilson, Transportation 
Tags: Cars, Colorado, Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrid, Prius 
2 Comments »Five “Good” Friday Facts
April 2nd, 2010 Eric Wilson Earlier this week we posted a piece about the future of biofuels. From that same source comes the following facts about oil consumption. Although a bit dated, this data still maintains a certain level of relevance. In 2003, transportation worldwide burned up almost 500 billion gallons of crude 192 billion gallons of diesel 307 billion [...]
Posted in China, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Japan, Transportation Tags: Bio-fuels, Diesel, Oil Consumption No Comments »Colorado Front Range Completes Initial High Speed Rail Study
March 31st, 2010 Eric Wilson With the awarding of billions of dollars from the stimulus bill to various big high speed rail projects across the nation, several smaller studies have been conducted on the feasibility of constructing and running faster train lines. The Rocky Mountain Rail Authority – “a multi-jurisdictional government body comprised of 52 Colorado cities, towns, counties and [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Colorado, Denver, Fort Collins, High Speed Rail, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »What Will Be the Next Big Biofuel Breakthrough?
March 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson The oil economy cannot run on crude from underground reserves indefinitely. However, a majority of the transportation infrastructure is set up for the delivery of oil products and for the cars, trucks, boats, that run on refined oil (gasoline, diesel, kerosene). According to MarketWatch, late last year the Department of Energy approved millions of dollars [...]
Making High Speed Rail More Enticing Than Air Travel
March 20th, 2010 Eric Wilson Last week’s post about Travel and Leisure’s top ten scenic train rides espoused the lower environmental impact of rail travel along with being able to experience the inherent beauty of earth’s natural vistas. In this case, the environmental angle only represents a minor portion of the equation. Train travel is arguably more relaxing than going [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Environment, High Speed Rail, Trains No Comments »Travel and Leisure’s “Most Scenic Train Rides”
March 11th, 2010 Eric Wilson The weekly email from Travel and Leisure (T&L) often contains tidbits that make for interesting stories here on 2nd Green Revolution. Last year their stories about the most bike friendly cities in the world, as well as a discount being offered in Santa Barbara, California for those taking the train led to posts on this [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Santa Barbara, Trains, Travel and Leisure No Comments »On “Rambotine’s Day”, Hollywood Going Green for “Valentine’s Day”?
February 14th, 2010 Justin Manger Many couples will be doing something such as dinner and a movie to celebrate Valentine’s Day this weekend. Single guys may opt for “Rambotine’s Day” instead, having a few drinks at a friend’s house before eschewing the romantic for the “Rambotastic” by hitting the theater to watch something like Fight Club, Wolfman, or one of [...]
IdleAire Ceases Operations
February 9th, 2010 Justin Manger In a site visit to IdleAire’s Denver facility last year, we were impressed with the “provider of comprehensive in-cab idle reduction and driver lifestyle services to the long-haul trucking industry.” But the company couldn’t make it through the recession and, as of January 29th, went bankrupt. The company provided a place where truck drivers could [...]
Posted in Business, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Diesel, Energy Conservation, IdleAire No Comments »What If We Do Break Our Dependence on Oil?
February 7th, 2010 Justin Manger There’s no shortage of discussion about what the United States should do to wean itself off of oil. Such heavy dependence on one main fuel source to power our transportation systems (and thus keeping our economy humming) means the U.S. is vulnerable to the unpredictable gyrations of oil and gas prices. Aside from those concerns, [...]
US Government Announces High Speed Rail Funding
January 28th, 2010 Eric Wilson The United States government announced the recipients of $8 billion in high speed rail stimulus funding today. Three projects will receive the lion’s share of money set aside in last year’s stimulus bill. The projects will be based in California, Illinois, and Florida. According to a press release from The White House, President Obama and [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, President Obama, Transportation Tags: California, Florida, High Speed Rail, Los Angeles, Stimulus Bill, Trains No Comments »
