Via TreeHugger: James Schwartz writes The Urban Country ” to show that using a bicycle for transportation is fast, fun and healthy & improves our cities, our people and the world.” He also occasionally writes about how using a car for transportation is slow, annoying, polluting and destroys our cities, our people and the world.ContinueContinue reading “Americans are Working to Feed Their Cars”
Author Archives: Moss and Fog
Cars of the ‘Future’
Oh, what a world we thought we were going to live in. “Bubble” cars, walking automobiles, even cars concepted to run off of small nuclear reactors. All of this and more was the future that 1940s, 50s and 60s made us believe was just around the corner.
Van Hulsteijn Bikes
This Dutch company has created a line of striking bikes. Called simply “The Classic”, you will not be incognito on this strange, handbuilt beauty. Van Hulsteijn Classic starting at €1495.
Concept Cars. Impossibly cool.
Don’t hold your breath. That’s the lesson I’ve taken after 15 years of being a car geek, and seeing the latest and greatest in future concepts. Occasionally, a concept strikes such a chord with the public that it is quickly developed, albeit in a watered down variety. Despite the fact that concept cars (show carsContinueContinue reading “Concept Cars. Impossibly cool.”
The first two of the bunch.
I have some very progressive neighbors. Within a 5-minute bikeride of my home, there are a handful of families that drive electric cars and trucks. They are tiny, three-wheeled contraptions, made in China and severely limited in range or capability. But I definitely give the early EcoAdopters credit. This winter, however, the first two mainstreamContinueContinue reading “The first two of the bunch.”
Government Looks to Raise Fuel Economy Standards
62 MPG. Let that number sink in. Very good news for the planet, and for technology! Via TIME: Environmentalists can take President Obama to task for more than a few disappointments over the first two years of his Administration—and some of them have—but one area where the White House has fulfilled its green pledges isContinueContinue reading “Government Looks to Raise Fuel Economy Standards”
Copenhagen Zoo
Absolutely fantastic bus advert for the Copenhagen Zoo. Supremely well done.
Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online
Highly disturbing and frustrating article on biking. “CYCLING to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians.” Continue reading…. Toxic cities mock ‘healthy’ cycle riding – Times Online.
GM is Not Made up of All Old White Men, Afterall.
After GM and Chrysler filed for bankruptcy last year, it was hard for a car geek like myself to give them much respect. Visions of executive boardrooms with bloated, out-of-touch white men running the show, filled my head. Late model American cars like the Sebring and Impala epitomize the worst thinking in automotive design today.ContinueContinue reading “GM is Not Made up of All Old White Men, Afterall.”
Electric Future 