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The end of the large cars era in the United States
Posted by: on August 14, 2008 in Tags: Energy, transport, USA
One of my favorite US environmental blog - The Daily Green - published today an interesting article with a lot of data on how Americans drive less and shift to smaller cars.
With as much as 800,000 less barrels per day consumed in the first half of the year and decreasing miles driven for eight months in the row, the phenomenon is important.
US car makers are adjusting their production and stop manufacturing large cars to make smaller efficient ones. All this is very good news. Continue reading »








