{"id":8983,"date":"2012-09-17T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8983"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:19","slug":"urban-planet-fuel-efficiency-overwhelmed-by-volume-of-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/09\/17\/urban-planet-fuel-efficiency-overwhelmed-by-volume-of-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Fuel Efficiency Overwhelmed by Volume of Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?attachment_id=33520\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33520\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"beijing\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/beijing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems every month there is a new more fuel efficient car on the market. But according to a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/auto-production-roars-new-records-0\">report from the Worldwatch Institute<\/a>, these efficiency gains are being overwhelmed by the growing number of vehicles on the road and the distances we are travelling in them. Production of passenger cars will reach an all time record of 66.1 million in 2012 \u2013 driven in large part by the no. 1 producer, China. At the same time, demand for electric vehicles remains weak. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatenergychallengeblog.com\/2012\/09\/12\/better-fuel-efficiency-but-more-cars-than-ever-on-the-worlds-roads\/\">National Geographic: Great Energy Challenge<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/buzrael\/4981570801\/sizes\/z\/in\/photostream\/\">Buzreal<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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