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07.06.2009 5:38 pm

Sarah Palin’s real reason for leaving

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Theories abound over the resignation of Sarah Palin and it’s time to set the record straight.  Her experience on the Oil and Gas Commission and as Governor of our most productive energy state combined with President Barack Obama’s bipartisan spirit…

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05.21.2009 6:07 pm

Higher fuel efficiency won’t save the planet

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

There must be something in the water down there in the Post Dispatch building.  Seldom have I seen your paper so out of touch with reality.

39 mile per gallon cars?  Easy, just dust off that 90 mpg carburetor the oil…

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04.02.2009 4:56 pm

State should set flex-fuel example

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

So, $3.1 million for the replacement of state vehicles, something otherwise scheduled to occur more gradually with state money.

Washington University can show you how to set up a fleet of flex-cars like they already have. Optimally energy efficient, of course.

Would…

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02.11.2009 5:18 pm

Obama in Elkhart: The hypocrisy of the choice

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I am absolutely amazed that President Obama chose Elkhart, IN as a place to have a town hall meeting on his economic stimulus package. Elkhart has been hit hard by layoffs in their primary industry, RV manufacturing. Since the mainstream…

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01.06.2009 5:52 pm

Ford has figured out the fuel-efficient and reliable car

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Post Dispatch’s Saturday editorial discussed Ford’s new self parking feature and then to proceeded ask. Whatever happened to reliable, fuel-friendly vehicles, small enough for people to park without radar guidance? As a recent buyer of a Ford Focus who…

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01.05.2009 4:38 pm

Green vehicles should be exempted from higher has taxes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The article “Panel wants to increase federal tax on gasoline” upset me so much, I can’t even see straight. (And it’s not the GPS privacy thing) 1. “Motorists are driving less and buying less gasoline…..”
2. “According to a draft of…

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12.11.2008 6:23 pm

I love my American car and its good gas mileage

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I’d like to add my experiences to that of Irving Rader’s regarding his great gas mileage with his 2002 Buick Park Avenue. Over the past few months we took two long trips in our 2002 Buick LaSabre, the first to…

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11.20.2008 5:08 pm

What really happened to the electric car?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I hope everyone that reads this will take the time to see the video entitled, ”Who Killed The Electric Car”. (available on the net) With all the emphasis on the economy, pollution, fuel prices, and war, what could be described…

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11.11.2008 5:39 pm

Post-election discussion: Gerrymandering and the speed limit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One point that I haven’t seen discussed is gerrymandering. The art of re-drawing congressional districts. The party in power at the time the census is concluded, will get the pleasure of redrawing these districts in their favor. Remember Tom DeLay…

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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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