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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume XVIII, Number 2
MARCH/APRIL 2007 |
COVER STORY
HERE COME THE CLEANER, GREENER CARS - From hybrids to electrics to diesels that run on vegetable oil, it’s a whole new ballgame.
Interest in cleaner and greener auto technology is exploding. From fuel cells to plug-in hybrids, the industry is showing more research and development zeal than at any time since the halcyon days of 1900, when gasoline, steam and electric vehicles (EVs) were competing in the marketplace.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: REAL-TIME FUEL ECONOMY
Window-sticker fuel economy is almost always hopelessly optimistic. If the sticker says 30 mpg on the highway, expect 25 when headed down a mountain with a tailwind. But now the information is being updated for more realistic results.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: HERE COME THE HYBRIDS
Not all hybrids are created equal. They range fro the very clean, very green Toyota Prius to the big, luxurious and only mildly fuel efficient Lexus RX-400h. Here's a guide.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: HAVE PRIUS, WILL TRAVEL
Ever wondered how a Toyota Prius ended up as Larry David's vehicle of choice on Curb Your Enthusiasm? Read on and his very environmentally involved wife Laurie will explain it all to you.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: DRIVING CLEAN
One of the most common questions about alternative energy vehicles is, “How do they drive?” The reality is that most carmakers try as much as possible to make their experimental vehicles “transparent” to the driver, erasing any indication of the exotic or unusual.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: THE SHOCKING ELECTRIC CAR DEBATE
Did General Motors intentionally sabotage sales of its electric EV-1? That’s the contention of Chris Paine’s popular 2006 film Who Killed the Electric Car?, and the issue is still hotly debated.
By Jim Motavalli
FEATURES
LOCAL IS THE NEW ORGANIC - The Growing Movement to know your Farmer and your Food
Most produce people eat, organic or not, travels thousands of miles to reach the shelves of their local supermarket. The journey exacts a huge toll on the environment as refrigerated tractor-trailers packed with green tomatoes and bananas crisscross the country, burning diesel and spewing pollution and greenhouse gas. The solution: eat locally grown food.
By Brita Belli
SIDEBAR: STREET BEETS
Across the U.S., an urban agriculture movement is flowering as a growing number of people become more interested in the process of growing their own food. Urban farms and gardens are taking root in areas where previously only concrete and asphalt thrived.
By Jason Mark
FEATURES
STREET BEETS - Urban Farmers Get Hip to Growing
Across the U.S., an urban agriculture movement is flowering as a growing number of people become more interested in the process of growing their own food. Urban farms and gardens are taking root in areas where previously only concrete and asphalt thrived.
By Jason Mark
SIDEBAR:
GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: PROTECTING THE PROSTATE - Get Off the Couch…And Eat Your Vegetables
By Melissa Knopper
EATING RIGHT: SOME CRUST - The E Magazine Frozen Organic Pizza Bake-Off
By Kathleen O'Neill
HOUSE & HOME: WITH A LITTLE HELP - Co-Gardening = Community Harvest
By Hannah Jones
MONEY MATTERS: SUN SHINES - Solar Provides Clean Energy and Creates Jobs
By Rona Fried
GOING GREEN: MAGICAL AUSTRALIA - Child-Friendly Adventure Down Under
By Wendee Holtcamp
CONSUMER NEWS: CARPET HIGHS AND WHOAS - Are You Walking on 120 Chemicals?
By Diane M. Marty
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HUMMER AND HUMMERER
CURRENTS
THE REWILDED WEST
THE HOLY GRAIL - Will Cellulosic Ethanol Replace Petroleum?
THE ECOLOGY OF GENOCIDE
GETTING RICH ON PUBLIC LAND - Commercial "Bioprospecting" in the National Parks
IN BRIEF
VANCOUVER’S MIDDLE-CLASS PROTEST
A WATERSHED YEAR FOR GREEN HOMES
JAPAN’S ELUSIVE MOUNTAIN CAT
THE MENACE OF MOLD
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TRASH TALKING
GLOBAL WARMING VOTES
CONGRESS GOING SOLAR?
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