And our biggest energy companies, utilities and auto companies became dependent on cheap hydrocarbons that spin off climate-changing greenhouse gases, and we clearly have not forced them, through a carbon tax, to price in the true risks and costs to society from these climate-changing fuels.
The long list of challenges in China (and the United States) includes uncertainty about how much car charging infrastructure is needed; lack of standards for how and where vehicles will be charged; and the need for industries that have traditionally not worked together — utilities and auto companies, for example — to forge partnerships.
A1 Fuel Limit May Be Dropped The Bush administration is expected to abandon a proposal to extend fuel economy regulations to include Hummers and other jumbo sport utility vehicles, auto industry and other officials say.
White House Expected to Abandon Plan to Broaden Fuel Economy Rules The Bush administration is expected to abandon a proposal to extend fuel economy regulations to include Hummers and other jumbo sport utility vehicles, auto industry and other officials say.
I added up the cost of the two-hour-a-day commute, a mortgage on an average home, health insurance that kicks in only if I am at death's door, home and auto insurance and utilities.
DaimlerChrysler plans to announce on Monday that it will nearly double production in Alabama, adding another assembly line close to the site where it already builds M-Class sport utility vehicles, auto industry officials and consultants said over the weekend.
DaimlerChrysler plans to announce today that it will nearly double production in Alabama, adding another assembly line close to the site where it already builds Mercedes M-Clasportort utility vehicles, auto industry officials and consultants said over the weekend.
While G.M. has held Memorial Day promotions in recent years, the promotion this year is especially generous because it includes deep discounts on sport utilities and pickups, the auto industry's cash cows.
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Political leaders beholden to the auto, coal, oil, utility, and nuclear industries -and their deep pockets--were entrenched.
