May 12th, 2013 
Eric Wilson 
I was in Denver for 26 hours a few months ago and had to rent a car. If there had been light rail from the airport, maybe I could’ve pulled it off, but I had a series of meetings, including one in Boulder, so car rental it was. Anyway, I choose the cheapest model, figuring [...]
April 28th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
I feel like everywhere I look these days, all I see is excessive consumption, even when it’s not necessarily the case. On the bus, the person sitting next to me reads a magazine and my mind goes directly to the paper needed to produce it. The next step in my thinking is a tablet and [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainability 
Tags: Cars, Keystone Pipeline, Prius 
No Comments » April 25th, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
I have written a couple posts about my VW Golf TDI, noting its fuel efficiency, practicality and the relatively engaging driving experience. While I have no regrets deciding on the diesel-burning hatchback, I’ve been longing for a hybrid—or rather, the fuel efficiency of one—now that my commute is almost entirely within the city. That is [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Op-Ed, Reviews, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chris DeArmond, Diesel, Hybrid Vehicles No Comments » April 2nd, 2013 Justin Manger 
Luxury electric-car maker Tesla Motors reported a profit for the first quarter of 2013, the first profitable quarter since the maker of $70,000 EVs went public in 2010. Shares of the car company were up at much as 22% after the announcement. With a backlog of 15,000 vehicles, Tesla said that it delivered more than [...]
Posted in Business, Justin Manger, Transportation Tags: Cars, Electric Vehicles, Green Technology, Tesla Motors No Comments » March 7th, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
Does anyone remember the original Toyota Prius or Honda Insight? Not many of us want to. Though technological feats on paper, they performed less convincingly in practice. Plus, their styling could only be described as vapid. However, in the roughly 13 years since those cars were introduced to the U.S., much has changed in the [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology Tags: Cars, Chris DeArmond, Green Technology, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments » February 24th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
Recent life changes have led to my wife and me filling up the tank to our car 5-6 times a month, up from probably 3 previously. We no longer live across the street from her work and now drive to her work and our children’s day care, where I usually catch the bus. As we [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Bus, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Oil, Oil Consumption, Peak Oil, Walking No Comments » February 3rd, 2013 Eric Wilson 
Avis epitomizes corporate America in many ways. ZipCar was a counter-corporate organization in many ways. Although ZipCar was a publicly traded company, it did not operate in the same way as Avis. Instead, it worked off a highly decentralized approach. Instead of a large outlet, like those found at the airport, with hundreds of cars, [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Cars, Denver, Minneapolis No Comments » January 17th, 2013 Chris DeArmond 
This probably is not the best forum to talk about 6.2-liter V8 sports cars going green, but bear with me. The Corvette has been with us since 1953, and none is as fast or fuel efficient as the C7 generation unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show last Sunday. Many details have yet to emerge, but [...]
Posted in Business, Transportation Tags: CAFE Standards, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond No Comments » January 12th, 2013 Eric Wilson 
I don’t pay much attention when I commute. I take the bus to and from work, looking up occasionally to make sure I don’t miss my stop. With my head buried in a book, I enjoy this time away from worrying about the other drivers, traffic (though it still sucks), and gas prices. On a [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bus, Cars, Dispatches from the Bus, Mass Transit, Minneapolis, Natural Capitalism No Comments » January 11th, 2013 Justin Manger 
After a year and a half of building on a shaky linguistic base, my Japanese has progressed enough to be able to read the newspaper (thank you ICI). It’s still slow going but reading a newspaper in a foreign language is a great complement to other news sources and brings a nice cultural perspective while [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Green Products, Japan, Justin Manger, News, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Electric Vehicles, Green Technology No Comments »
