The Department of Energy released reports indicating the effect enhanced recovery techniques are having on recoverable oil reserves. With all of the hand wringing going on and predictions of "peak oil" doom, these reports don't get a lot of publicity, but they should. Our current proven reserves of 21.4 billion barrels could be increased by another 89 billion barrels, that's … [Read more...]
Motorcycle Red Light bill in South Carolina
How many times have you stopped at a traffic light triggered by a sensor in the street and your bike doesn't have enough mass to change the light? It's a pain in the butt and you end up waiting for a car to come up and trigger the light or you run the red. There's a bill in the South Carolina Senate that would allow you to go through the red if you have waited for at least 20 … [Read more...]
Hybrid Tax Credits – a bad idea
One of the hot news items the past few days has been the hybrid tax credits available to buyers of hybrid vehicles. They were increased in value for 2006, to as much as $3400, so everyone is recommending you should run out and buy a hybrid to pocket the money. Let me jump in here and say the credits are a bad idea, more than that, they are misleading and … [Read more...]
Motorcycle Air Pollution – part 3
The study we mentioned twice before is now online. Reading through the findings confirms a few things, the study reflects the Swiss traffic fleet and the vehicles in use there. It includes two stroke motorcycles or scooters in the mix which we do not have in the U.S. and the motorcycles, as outlined previously, were not new, in fact some were a decade old. Other than … [Read more...]
Chinese motorcycle exports
A news item just crossed our desk about Chinese motorcycle exports. Chinese officials were quoted as saying they intended to rectify the disordered export market resulting in low profits for the Chinese motorcycle companies. You need to remember, and as the news item reminds us, this "disordered" market has been the number one exporter of motorcycles worldwide for five years in … [Read more...]
Yamaha drops Gauloises
Yamaha is going smokeless in 2006. A few days ago, Yamaha announced they were ending their sponsorship agreement with Altadis/Seita and their Fortuna and Gauloises brands of cigarettes. Evidently there has been a dispute between the parties which, according to Altadis/Seita, has not yet been resolved and may end up in court, but Yamaha seems to have made up their mind. The … [Read more...]
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