Thursday, June 26, 2008

Transportation Costs

We often rave about the new hybrid cars, First of all they aren't new. Porsche (the man not the car company) invented them and Germany used them during the war. His military transport vehicles were diesel electric hybrids with hub based motors. Many of our modern locomotives for transporting goods are diesel electric hybrids. Check out this story for some interesting info.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91853780

Friday, June 6, 2008

Energy 1

I decided to start a separate blog for my energy rants. I want a place to keep up my opinions and ideas about our energy issues.