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We are trading in our nice, but fuel inefficient cars for cheap, fuel efficient used cars. Boo hoo for my driving pleasure, yay for my bank account.

No, that's not a high school shop project that got a bit out of hand. It's a sculpture titled 'Doubletalk'. Now I know you should sit down for this because you'll be shocked, but you know the energy bill that was just passed and mandates a CAFE average mileage of 35mpg?..

The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol. The measure was approved Thursday with strong bipartisan support 86-8 after Democrats abandoned efforts to impose billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies, unable by one vote to overcome a Republican filibuster against the new taxes. The energy legislation would require that ethanol use as a motor fuel be ramped up at an unprecedented pace to 36 billion gallons a year by 2022...

Congress is calling for average fuel economy of 35 mpg by 2020. But can you legislate consumer selections? "Consumers are open to any technology that will save them money and have a positive impact on the environment," Edmunds.com Senior Analyst Jesse Toprak told Business Week...

It's not easy being green. So sang Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street, and these days you might find that tune playing in the halls of Toyota. Last Thursday a coalition of nine environmental groups on Thursday launched a campaign against Toyota Motor Co...

The average gas price in the U.S. dropped again last week according to the LA Times story, although it is up some 48 cents from a year ago. We seem to have become accustomed to prices in the $2.50 and higher range, which brings a question to mind...

According to one famous comedian, somewhere in the world there is the worst doctor and someone is waiting to see him. And as Forbes.com pointed out recently, there are also the least efficient hybrids out there in showrooms. The story points out that "the average gas mileage of hybrid models available in the U.S...