According to a recent article “eco-ratings for cars: all things (finally) considered” published by green economist Ken Stokes on SusHI (Hawaii Sustainability blog), a respected consultancy in Britain has undertaken the first ‘life cycle’ assessment of our current choices among eco-friendly transportation vehicles.

The bottom line is this: big cuts in our transport emissions (of a magnitude that is commensurate with our urgent need to reduce) will take radical steps.

For example, it’s not enough to drive an electric car. You must also recharge your batteries from renewable sources.

If you do this, your transport footprint will shrink by 80%…And that’s with no reduction in miles traveled.

(Source: SusHI)

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AAA and the Oil Price Information Service say the national average is $2.98 a gallon. In Hawai’i, it’s $3.50 a gallon. That’s up 56 cents from a year ago. The Honolulu average is $3.36 for regular and $3.62 for premium. Wailuku has the highest average in the nation, with $3.85 for regular and $4.15 for premium. Nationally, retail gas prices have mostly fallen since oil began its retreat from the record $100 level earlier this month. Analysts and the Energy Department expect prices to reverse and rise to new records in the spring.

(Source: Save Kauai)