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08.17.2008 3:14 pm

Smart lights would save fuel (we’ve been doing it forever in St. Louis)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

We in St Louis have been conserving fuel long before W Bush was questionably elected President in 2000, after which gas prices jumped from $1/gal to over $4 per gal. Drivers have been utilizing the “St Louis Rolling Stop” for…

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07.31.2008 11:24 am

Higher CAFE standards could lead to shortages in other petroleum products

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas.

While the process may be altered somewhat to increase…

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07.02.2008 1:38 pm

Well, look who’s driving us to the poor house

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The shocking story behind the latest auto plant closings is that General Motors already had an electric car in production 20 years ago but chose to shred them.  In response to California’s clean air standards, GM leased its EV 1…

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07.02.2008 1:36 pm

Let’s not start picking on the unborn to solve global warming

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Monday’s letter from Von Mueller may be the most offensive letter the Post-Dispatch has ever printed, and that is saying a lot. This socialist wants to control people by telling them how many children they should be allowed to have.…

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07.02.2008 1:33 pm

LaSorda’s moxie shows his willingness to destroy America’s work force

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dear Editor,

Talk about moxie! I read with amazement the comments of Chrysler President Tom Lasorda on the closing of the Fenton minvan plant.  With a straight face he expained that “Chrysler chose to close the Fenton plant rather than…

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06.30.2008 5:20 pm

The future of fossil fuels, or my summer pulling weeds and reading

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Co2 levels in our environment have reached an all time high. Scientist are no longer arguing about whether climate change is coming , it is definitely here. Coral reefs are bleaching at dying at a rate unknown since the…

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06.19.2008 2:15 pm

Rail transit should replace automobiles in U.S.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In the business column dated 6/16 “Rail transit just isn’t trying to improve fuel efficiency”, the Cato Institute fellow focuses on inefficiencies in our transit. He bemoans that buses often run less than full. To him, this means we should…

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