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Congress forced to lease green rigs
Congress passed a law, now they have to follow it. The law will make them go green whether they want to or not. And I for one believe it’s about darn time. Seriously enough is enough. Let’s force them to do something that makes sense instead of shoveling more money in Exxon’s already fat wallets.
A congressman’s campaign to force members of Congress to drive “green” is gassed up and ready to go.
Lincoln Navigators to tool around the old congressional district? Those were the days, my friend.
At a time when gasoline costs more than $4 per gallon, do lawmakers really want to sit behind the wheel of a big honking SUV or some other gas-guzzling symbol of luxury, and on the taxpayer’s dime?
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s three-year drive to bring fuel efficiency to the federal vehicle-leasing program finally got some wheels. The EPA finally has compiled a list of what can be leased under Cleaver’s 2005 proposal, which requires members of the House of Representatives who lease a vehicle taxpayer expense to pick one with low greenhouse-gas emissions.
Source:McClatchy DC
Mackinac Island:The City Without Cars
For over 40 years Mackinac Island has been car free. Instead it has been dominated by horse drawn carriages. In fact Mackinac Island is also home to the only state highway that also has a ban on automobiles because it encircles the entire island.
I can see the need for a place without cars, especially since I lived for a good amount of time with the Amish. Getting away from the rush rush life of cars is a relief. Spending a few hours in a horse and buggy makes life seem just so peaceful. Besides feeling like you have jumped on a time machine and are back 100 years ago.
Bad Gas Angers Drivers, Damages Cars in Seattle
It’s bad enough that we have to pay high gas prices. What’s even worse is when you pay high gas prices only to find out that the gas has caused your car to breakdown. All the more reason to go hybrid, or even better electric.
Three gas stations were shut down temporarily on Sunday after at least 11 vehicles were damaged by bad gas the drivers had just pumped.
“I filled the tank up and as soon as I pulled away from the pump my car died,” said Mary Anne Trengove, who stopped at the Shell station on 2nd Street in Snohomish.
“When I got out of the car there was a gentleman who was putting gas in his lawnmower and noticed the gas was brown,” she said. “The guy right next to him had just filled up his motorhome and the motorhome did the same thing — started but didn’t pull away.
“While we were there people just kept wandering up to the station and saying their car had broken down.”
Officials said tanker trucks that filled up at the Shell Terminal on Harbor Island in Seattle at about 5 p.m. Sunday received a sludgy gas that may have been mixed with water.
