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"Advanced engine technologies developed by Japanese automakers, Toyota and Honda, have produced hybrid vehicles that are far more fuel-efficient than those with traditional internal combustion engines. Toyota's Prius is so popular that there is a six-month waiting list. Another step toward the Right-Side Up world is the fact that enterprising inventors have taken these hybrids, reworked the design, and achieved 250 miles per gallon, proving that major fuel efficiency can be had if the desire is there." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.) "They drive hybrid vehicles or cars with high MPG ratings and use mass transit where available. They read books and magazines and visit websites that feed their soul and honor their spirit. They are selective about the media that feeds their head, mindful that they needn't overstimulate their brains with detrimental, chaotic information. .... . • . . _. , _., TT ., , Although they Yes, in the Right-Side Up world, every dollar spent matters. Flipsters know that corporations consider every dollar u i c u ?u enough, and spent as either approval or ignorance or their business prac- ?' tices." - David H. Rippe, Jared Rosen, The Flip: Turn Your World Around (Get the book.)

"According to the Bloomberg news service, 35,474 hybrid vehicles were sold during the first quarter of 2005, with the Toyota Prius accounting for the greatest amount of sales?2,800, up from 9,918 for the comparable period of 2004. Honda's hybrid sales for the first quarter of 2005 numbered 9,025, up from 6,169 for the same period last year, with the hybrid Civic's 8.2 percent quarterly drop attributed to the automaker's introduction of the new hybrid Accord. Ford sold 3,569 Escape hybrid SUVs during the quarter." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) "McDonald's embraced The Natural Step program in Umea, Sweden, to become part of its "Green Zone," a public-private enterprise comprising a Ford dealership that was selling mostly hybrid vehicles, an environmentally conscious car wash, and fast-food place. (This green zone is not to be confused with the governmental one in Baghdad.) All buildings were constructed and made from locally harvested, sustainable woods, topped by green-sod roofs, creating a rooftop garden effect (one that many visionaries see happening all across the skyscrapers of Manhattan someday)." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Besides the cost savings, another advantage is that it can provide an exclusive experience: Toronto's successful Autoshare is one of the only ways that most locals can get access to still-expensive hybrid vehicles. Carsharing also has to provide a seamlessly convenient experience. In their work with Streetcar, a carsharing service for English cities, service designers Live/Work have tried to make the carsharing experience easier, using SmartCards that allow users to access a car in a convenient location, whenever they need it." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

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