The White House plan to curb fuel use and greenhouse gases from America’s fleet of cars and trucks is “a great first step after eight years of wandering,” said Lee Schipper, an energy and transportation maven with joint appointments at Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley.

Letter from Lee Schipper: "From an energy-efficiency standpoint, electric cars are more valuable because they use fewer overall resources. Why can’t we just move to equivalent, existing gasoline cars that get 50 M.P.G. first, then decide if the jump to electricity is worthwhile?"

Letter from Lee Schipper: "From an energy-efficiency standpoint, electric cars are more valuable because they use fewer overall resources. Why can’t we just move to equivalent, existing gasoline cars that get 50 M.P.G. first, then decide if the jump to electricity is worthwhile?"

The bottom line has been this: Oil use in the United States rose by over 20 percent between 1973 and 2007. Germany and France both cut their oil demand by 25 percent over the past 25 years. Japanese demand has not risen.
“Low prices are a curse,” said Lee Schipper, a transportation expert at Stanford University.

The bottom line has been this: Oil use in the United States rose by over 20 percent between 1973 and 2007. Germany and France both cut their oil demand by 25 percent over the past 25 years. Japanese demand has not risen.
“Low prices are a curse,” said Lee Schipper, a transportation expert at Stanford University.

Now for a brief rundown of some of the other blogs highlighted by the Green Central Blog of The Times (again, the British one). I haven’t had time to explore them all. But there are already a few I plan to add to my blogroll and feeds:

-Climate Debate Daily
-Energy Outlook
-Envirowonk
-The City Fix (I thought I’d already put it on my roll, but hadn’t!)