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Forget MPG - let's move to GPM

Photo by Laffy4k. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. There's already a lot of calculation needed to figure out how efficient a vehicle is. Here in the U.S., the government tries to help by publishing official MPG numbers of the various models offered for sale. But these numbers just muddy things up, say two management professors - Richard Larrick and Jack Soll - over at Duke University. Thinking in terms of miles per gallon doesn't give people a good understanding of a vehicle's real efficiency when compared to other vehicles. In ... Read more →

Meeting new CAFE regs will cost Detroit double what it costs the Japanese Jeremy Korzeniewski

The average cost for Detroit's Big Three automakers to meet the proposed fuel efficiency targets of 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015 has been pegged at $30.6 billion. In contrast, the average cost for ...

Former Shell boss says we need to use less energy and cut carbon output Sam Abuelsamid

While his former employer and their competitors have been rolling in record profits for yet another quarter, Sir Mark Moody-Stewart thinks things need to change. Moody-Stewart was the former chairman ...

Forget MPG - let's move to GPM 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Photo by Laffy4k. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. There's already a lot of calculation needed to figure out how efficient a vehicle is. Here in the U.S., the government tries to help by publishing official MPG numbers of the various models offered for sale. But these numbers just muddy ...

Meeting new CAFE regs will cost Detroit double what it costs the Japanese 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The average cost for Detroit's Big Three automakers to meet the proposed fuel efficiency targets of 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015 has been pegged at $30.6 billion. In contrast, the average cost for the Japanese automakers sits at less than half that amount at "only" $14.85 billion. These numbers ...

Former Shell boss says we need to use less energy and cut carbon output 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While his former employer and their competitors have been rolling in record profits for yet another quarter, Sir Mark Moody-Stewart thinks things need to change. Moody-Stewart was the former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell until his retirement in 2005. In an editorial posted on the BBC web site, the ...


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