Review
Americans profess a concern for the environment but spurn those tiny, fuel-efficient cars with names like swift and metro in favor of huge sport-utilities and lumbering minivans that burn a lot more gas. Rather than just react with dismay, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy...published its first
Green Guide to Cars and Trucks. [it] doesn't lecture folks on their evil ways, or tell them to buy econo- boxes or electric cars. The premise is simple: even someone who buys a sport-utility might want one that does the least damage to the air. --
Matt Nauman, Auto Editor, San Jose Mercury News, April 3, 1998With the drumbeat of announcements from the world's automakers promoting new, less- polluting technologies, it was inevitable that someone would publish a guide to the latest, greenest vehicles. The
Green Guide to Cars and Trucks, published by the well-respected American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy provides the first-ever environmental ratings for cars and light trucks. The Guide covers electric-and natural-gas-powered vehicles alongside traditional ones. The Guide's authors converted emissions from the various vehicles into an environmental damage index, or EDX, which was used to create the green scores. --
The Green Business Letter, April 1998
From the Publisher
Here's what others are saying about ACEEE's
Green Guide to Cars and Trucks: "...an extraordinary public service...the
Green Guide to Cars and Trucks will change the way we buy cars...consumers now have the ability to make a real difference in the health of our fragile planet." (Jack Gillis, Director of Public Affairs, Consumer Federation of America, and author of
The Car Book and
The Truck, Van and 4x4 Book)
"Unhealthy air, global warming, oil dependence all of these problems are linked to our love affair with the automobile. ACEEE's new Guide gives consumers the information they need to make smart choices that do less harm to the environment." (John Adams, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council)
"If you care about the environment and are about to buy a new vehicle, this is the book for you. ACEEE's new Green Guide to Cars and Trucks provides practical information to help you make a greener choice." (Howard Ris, Executive Director, Union of Concerned Scientists)
"The biggest single step to curbing global warming pollution is making cleaner, more efficient vehicles. The Green Guide to Cars and Trucks helps you avoid the gas guzzlers and choose a cleaner, more efficient car." (Carl Pope, Executive Director, Sierra Club)
"The Green Guide to Cars and Trucks makes an important contribution to public awareness about motor vehicles. Use it when shopping for a new car!" (Joan Claybrook, Executive Director, Public Citizen)
"Good information in vital to helping consumers make environmentally-smart choices. The Green Guide to Cars and Trucks can help you make a wiser choice when you next buy a car or truck. It will help you find a cleaner, greener vehicle for the driving you can't avoid." (Michael Replogle, Federal Transportation Director, Environmental Defense Fund)
"Consumers are increasingly demanding environmental performance as well as horsepower from their automobiles. The new ACEEE Guide will help people pick cars that are easy on the environment and on the pocketbook when folks go to the gas pump." (Hank Dittmar, Executive Director, Surface Transportation Policy Project)
