News tagged with mileage tax
Top lawmaker wants mileage-based tax on vehicles
(AP) -- A House committee chairman said Tuesday that he wants Congress to enact a mileage-based tax on cars and trucks to pay for highway programs now rather than wait years to test the idea.
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Apr 28, 2009 |
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Fuel for thought
Like a lot of economists, Christopher Knittel entered college with career plans in mind. Unlike a lot of economists, Knittel had plans that involved baseball. At California State University at Stanislaus, ...
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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Energy efficiency paves way to a low-carbon future, but barriers persist
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry, now a Stanford University professor emeritus of management science and engineering, lists biomass, plug-in hybrid cars, nuclear power, more natural gas and energy ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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The case of the missing gas mileage
Contrary to common perception, the major automakers have produced large increases in fuel efficiency through better technology in recent decades. There’s just one catch: All those advances have barely ...
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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A notch above: Automakers manipulate fuel economy
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the recent announcement that the U.S. government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for ...
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Feb 16, 2011 |
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Nissan rolls out Leaf electric car in Japan
(AP) -- Nissan showed off its Leaf electric car Friday, trumpeting its zero-emission technology and practicality with video of the hatchback zipping through snow and water.
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Dec 03, 2010 |
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Rensselaer team shows how to analyze raw government data
Who is the White House’s most frequent visitor? Which White House staffer has the most visitors? How do smoking quit rates, state by state, relate to unemployment, taxes, and violent crimes? How do politics influence ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s
(PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say.
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May 05, 2009 |
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EarthTalk: Why doesn't U.S. have high-mileage diesel cars, like Europe?
Dear EarthTalk: I don't understand why there are many European diesel cars with very high mileage ratings that are not available in the U.S. Can you enlighten? (John Healy, Fairfield, Conn.)
Apr 27, 2009 |
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A Hummer That Gets 100 MPG?
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting vehicles unveiled at the the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit is an electric Hummer that gets, according to its developer Raser Technologies, ...
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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Shrinking carbon footprints
Would shrinking your carbon footprint, recycling more, and going green be easier if you could monitor your household's environmental impact? That's the question a team of Canadian industry consultants set out to answer. They ...
Jul 01, 2008 |
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