Why car owners don't get the advertised gas mileage
A Detroit report explains why EPA fuel economy figures often diverge from real driving. It covers test methods, highway versus city results, Union Oil and industry tweaks, California standards, and historical comparisons from Ford and a 1930 Model A.
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Detroit
API
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Ann Arbor
Mich
Union Oil
Society of Automotive Engineers
Union
Philadelphia
California
Datsun
American Motors
Ford
Back to wood burning as a fuel option eyed
Government energy blueprint envisions biomass fueled by plantations on land and sea. By 1980 pilot plants may operate as studies explore eucalyptus to methanol, kelp farms at sea, and waste to fuel. Maine motor fuel sales up 5.4 percent through May, 10.4 million gallons higher than last year.
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Edward K. Delong
Washington
UPI
America
U.S
Stanford University
John Teem
The
Energy Research and Development Administration
Augusta
Maine Petroleum Association
MPA
Milton Huntington
India presses China eastward via plate tectonics
MIT geologists Peter Molnar and Paul Tapponier report in Science Magazine that northward push of India against Eurasia drives China eastward along strike-slip faults. The theory explains China’s widespread earthquakes and cites LANDSAT imagery of active faults. ERDA outlines biomass fuels plans with pilot plants by 1980 81 and marine farms by 1983.
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Boston
UPI
India
China
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peter Molnar
MIT
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Paul Tapponier
France
Science
Indian Subcontinent
Eurasia
Molnar and Tapponier
National Science Foundation
U.S. Earth Resources Technology Satellite
Landsat
Minnesota Fats to help feed 200 dogs in Iowa appeal
Lena McDonald known as Dog Lady near Cole Iowa plans a benefit pool exhibition with Minnesota Fats Rudolf Wanderone to raise funds for food and veterinary care for over 200 dogs. She faces eviction limits on dogs and poverty while seeking a promoter and venue for the event.
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Iowa
Minnesota
McDonald
Illinois
Fats
McDonald’s
Tom
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Colgate
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