One of biggest factors affecting the quality of the air we breathe is the vehicles we drive. Where better to go looking for the problem and the solution than the Golden State?
Imagine a trip to the pump where you fill up on French fry grease. In San Diego, the gas station of the future is already open.
A few brave, some might say odd, Americans waited years
to drive their first electric car. Then GM pulled the plug...
Forget the Hummer, this is the breakout year for the hybrid. Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David and others describe their love for the "great green savior."
Californians not only spend more time in their cars
than anyone else but also are very much defined by what they drive.
There are 31 million vehicles registered in the state and 36 million
people
living there.
We met several Californians who were making a different kind of statement with the cars they drive and for some with the fuels they put in them.