Believe it or not, a lot of driving time and gas is involved in finding a parking spot in city centers. Dr. Shoup believes that making parking meters more expensive will ease parking. He has seen this done in a few business areas and he suggests...
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The companies Toyota Tsusho, Odebrechet and Queiroz Galvão signed last Friday a deal whereby they become part of a joint venture being pursued by state-run Brazilian petrol agency, Petrobras, and the Japanese Itochu Corporation. The initiative...
The US House and Senate is working on increasing CAFE standards. Just what are these CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards? And they have nothing to do with Starbucks. First off, it is a way to legislate more fuel efficient cars. And...
The European Union trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, yesterday said he opposes tariffs on biofuels aimed at protecting European domestic markets, a position that will boost big non-EU players like Brazil. “Biofuel policy is not ultimately...
Currently, in most states, a gasoline tax is used to finance construction and repairs of our highways so that many single driver cars can roam freely. But what happens when more and more alternative fuels are used? Check out this AP article on one...
