Last week I wrote about parking lots and my distaste for them. While parking garages are a much better use of land, they can be quite ugly. My argument today is not an aesthetic one though. While riding the light rail the other day (where I also composed this op-ed), I passed a large parking garage, four levels [...]
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From Parking Lots to Parking Garages
May 20th, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: Cars, Environment 
No Comments »Where the Sidewalk Never Begins
May 19th, 2012 The Angry Pedestrian Dear Shel Silverstein, My apologies for misusing, but hopefully not abusing the title of your wonderful work of poetry. Cordially, The Angry Pedestrian Now that that’s out of the way, let me tell you about the place where the sidewalk never begins; it’s called the suburbs. I don’t live in the suburbs, but I had to go [...]
Maxwell Technologies: Creating the Replacement for the Battery?
May 14th, 2012 John Basalla If you read enough articles about electric or hybrid vehicles, sooner or later you see references to ultra capacitors. Ultra capacitors are currently widely used in many energy saving devices and have a bright future, including potentially replacing the standard battery. Maxwell Technologies (stock symbol: MXWL) is one of several companies at the forefront of [...]
I Don’t Understand Parking Lots
May 13th, 2012 Eric Wilson In an op-ed a few months back I alluded to the coming diatribe against parking lots. As a form of land use, parking lots make no sense to me. Conversely, most parking garages are eye-sores. I understand that underground parking is expensive and laborious to construct. There are some wonderful advances in “parking lot technology,” [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Transportation Tags: Cars, Natural Capitalism, Urban Planning 1 Comment »The Angry Pedestrian: An Introduction
May 12th, 2012 The Angry Pedestrian Let me say first off that I own a car. I drive. I don’t drive a ton, I don’t drive everyday, I don’t drive to my job, but I understand the role of the car in today’s society (in America at least). I can’t walk everywhere and I cover four miles in an hour, not [...]
NASCAR to Use Electric Ford Focus as Pace Car
April 25th, 2012 Eric Wilson It’s not often that we mention NASCAR. In fact, the term shows up twice, on back to back days three years ago. There’s good reason. The amount of resources (tires, fuel, motor oil, asphalt, etc) consumed by the association (NASCAR stands for National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing) boggles the mind and does not [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Hybrids No Comments »Review and Test Drive of the Fisker Karma
March 22nd, 2012 Chris DeArmond The Fisker Karma is unlike any other car on the road. Known as an EVer—Electric Vehicle extended range—Fisker correctly claims the Karma to be “the world’s first high performance electric luxury vehicle with the freedom to plug in or fill up.” This four-door sedan is well-built, practical, and beautifully designed inside and out—all by a [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Green Products, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Chris DeArmond, EPA, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrid, Product Review, Test Drive, Washington DC No Comments »On Sale this Year: Natural-Gas Powered Pickups
March 8th, 2012 Chris DeArmond With natural gas prices hovering around $2.44 per MMBtu—less than half of what they were 18 months ago—compressed natural gas (CNG) is now starting to make sense as an alternative fuel for vehicles. According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of dual-fuel vehicles is increasing. In a recent press release, General Motors said it [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, News, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Natural Gas No Comments »Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera Named 2012 European Car of the Year
March 6th, 2012 Eric Wilson Just after GM announced a production shut down of the Chevy Volt due to poor sales, it received Motor Trend Magazine’s 2012 European Car of the Year honor. The Opel Ampera, the Chevy Volt’s European doppelganger is produced in the United States, but sold in Europe. The Volt and Ampera are mechanically identical, hence the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf No Comments »Chevrolet Introduces “Ecologic” Window Stickers
March 1st, 2012 Chris DeArmond A little over a month ago, Chevrolet announced it would begin displaying window stickers highlighting the environmental features of its vehicles sold in the U.S. “Ecologic is simply a recognition of our systematic attention to environmental responsibility and our commitment to monitoring our progress as we continuously work to reduce our environmental impact.” These environmental [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Green Products, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chris DeArmond, Energy Conservation, Green Technology No Comments »
