I hate stories like this one by the Associated Press. Electric cars are also more limited than their gas-guzzling cousins, running 40 and 120 miles (60 to 200 kilometers) on a charge, while taking anywhere from two to seven hours to fully recharge. The problem with this? Although the article gives a negative tone with … Continue reading Electric Car Facts
The BBC celebrates Africa’s forgotten wartime heroes for VJ Day. The contribution of West Africans was played down in official versions of the Allied war in Asia, and until now, few have had an opportunity to tell their tale. In fact, only two in 10 of the soldiers who fought in Burma were white. The … Continue reading African Veterans of WWII
The AP reports that a false positive led to a US attack on innocent civilians in Afghanistan: An American bombing that killed up to 90 Afghan civilians last month was based on false information provided by a rival tribe and did not kill a single Taliban fighter, the president’s spokesman said Sunday. The claim contradicted … Continue reading US Kills Afghan Civilians
It has been a while since I last waxed poetically about the amazing virtues of diesel. It is the obvious choice to me for independence from petroleum today. The new Volkswagen Lupo 3L TDI not only proves this is reality, but has some nice marketing language to boot: It wasn’t long ago the European community … Continue reading VW Diesel Crushes Fuel Consumption