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Electric Vehicles on Display at Movie Premiere Tonight
Just received this media advisory: Electric Vehicles to Exhibit at Portland Premiere WHAT: The Oregon Electric Vehicle Association (OEVA) will be exhibiting four vehicles at the Portland Premier of the Sony Pictures Classics’ film, Who Killed the Electric Car? Vehicles being exhibited include White Zombie [www.plasmaboyracing.com], the world’s fastest ‘Street legal electric car,’ and a…
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A Silver Lining in Every Earthquake
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The Other Cost of Congestion
Fixing it. There’s an interesting piece over at The Daily Score reviewing a book on the privatization of roads. The thesis is that much of our congestion is simply too expensive to fix. There are also alternative estimates of the cost of congestion (hint: not so high). And very interestingly, there’s an estimate that suggests…
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Washington Groups Say Rail is an Answer
Across the river in Washington, stakeholder groups advising the State Transportation Commission are recommending more freight rail capacity as a strategy to reduce highway congestion. The strategy is two-fold: – Reduce growth in truck traffic – Reduce current freight rail congestion that is slowing passenger trains Any chance of getting similarly enlightened thinking on this…
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Biodiesel Safety
Hmmm… There seems to be a mini-trend going on. On Friday, a biodiesel plant in Idaho exploded, killing one worker. In late June, a fire destroyed a biodiesel site in rural Clackamas County. I can almost hear some intrepid legislator thinking, “boy, we better regulate these things.” The question is, will it be someone who…