“Gather round you whiskey drinkers, we will never be for long. We will always have the comfort of our friend John Barley Corn.” Well, it appears that the Scottish drinking song is right. We will always have the comfort of our friend John Barley Corn. Even when behind the wheel, apparently. Though probably not in [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Scotch Becomes Fuel
August 18th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Alt-Fuel 
Tags: biobutanol, butanol, EdinburghNapierUniversity, Energy, Ethanol, Gasoline, Scotland, Scottish people, Whisky 
Comments OffAutoNation to Dealers: Sell the Volt at MSRP Or Else…
August 16th, 2010 Aaron Turpen The largest new car dealership chain in the U.S., AutoNation, has informed its dealerships that they are to sell the Chevy Volt at manufacturer’s retail ($41,000) or face immediate termination. AutoNation has 27 dealerships selling Chevrolets nationally. This comes after reports that a lot of dealerships appear to be planning to make up for huge [...]
Posted in Car Company, Hybrids Tags: AutoNation, Car dealership, chevrolet, ChevroletVolt, general motors Comments OffHydrogen Rocket Powered Helicopter.. What Could Go Wrong?
August 12th, 2010 Aaron Turpen The Dragonfly is a personal flying machine with a slightly different bent. It’s a rocket-propelled helicopter with an open cockpit design ala Buck Rogers or the Million Dollar Man. The machine itself, as far as looks go, is pure 1970s sci-fi. It’s mechanics? Well.. they probably are too. It’s a single-seat helicopter whose propulsion is [...]
GM Creates Venture Funding From Thin Air, Invests in Bright Idea
August 11th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Government Motors has been busy lately, getting themselves in the news (for good or ill) as they pimp their new government-funded car that will save the world – the Volt. Meanwhile, with dealerships apparently planning to make up for two years of losses by jacking the price on one Volt sale, GM wants to keep [...]
Posted in Car Company, Hybrids Tags: Bright Automotive, Financial Services, general motors, Venture capital 1 Comment »The Car That Runs on Poop.. Well, Sort Of
August 8th, 2010 Aaron Turpen If you follow the alternative vehicle headlines, you’ve probably seen the stories about the VW Beetle that’s been converted to “run on poop.” All of the expected puns have been used: Dung Beetle, the Bio Bug, etc. To burst the bubble right away, though, this VW is just a car running on compressed natural gas [...]
Consumer Reports Does EV EMFs
August 4th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia Obviously, I have some fans over at Consumer Reports. At least on their cars blog. Why? Because after a story I did, analyzing the electromagnetic fields coming from electric cars, on Natural News was published, I reprinted it here. Now Consumer Reports has done their thing with it, testing various vehicles and [...]
