Posts Tagged ‘dead’

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Wow. Chrysler kills its Hybrid SUV in the same month it goes on sale.

In October, I noted the announcement of the new Chrysler Hybrid SUV models.  
According to the NY Times:
The hybrid S.U.V.’s became available at dealerships in early October. But on Oct. 23, Chrysler announced that at the end of the year it would close the Delaware plant where they are built. Production of the hybrid [...]

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Is Corn Ethanol dying?

There are many good reasons to doubt the future of corn ethanol.   (Not necessarily ethanol, but corn ethanol.)
This Washington Post article puts it in perspective.
But because of how corn ethanol currently is made, only about 20 percent of each gallon is “new” energy. That is because it takes a lot of “old” fossil energy [...]