2007-10-30 – Things Are Good

The 82 Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles in the USA

It’s not shocking to discover that the top 5 most fuel-efficient vehicles in the USA are hybrids, in fact it’s good to see that they are leading the pack. Recently, a blogger went to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website and created a handy list that orders the cars based on fuel-efficiency.

			MPG
Ranking	Category	Vehicle	City	Highway	Combined
1	family sedan	Toyota Prius 4 cyl, 1.5 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	48	45	46.7
2	small car	Honda Civic Hybrid 4 cyl, 1.3 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	40	45	42.3
3	family sedan	Nissan Altima Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.5 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	35	33	34.1
4	family sedan	Toyota Camry Hybrid 4 cyl, 2.4 L, Automatic (CVT), HEV, Regular	33	34	33.5
5	SUV	Mercury Mariner Hybrid FWD 4 cyl, 2.3 L, Automatic (CVT), Regular	34	30	32.2

South Dakota To Sport World’s Largest Windfarm

Windy Another plan for a large wind power generation facility has arisen and this time it’s in a state that’s never been mentioned before on Things Are Good: South Dakota, USA. South Dakota is now considering a plan for creating the world’s largest windfarm!

Clipper Windpower of Carpinteria, Calif., intends to erect enough wind turbines in several South Dakota counties to produce up to 6,000 megawatts of electricity, said Bob Gates, the firm’s senior vice president of commercial operations.

That would be eight times larger than the biggest wind farm in the world, a 735-megawatt FPL Energy facility with 421 turbines stretching across three Texas counties.