Margo Oge: The Queen of Cleaner Cars - Autoline This Week 1912

After 32 years at the Environmental Protection Agency and countless improvements in air quality, Margo Oge knew it was time to retire. But it seems she retired in title only since she appears to be as busy as ever. Ms. Oge is on several energy-related boards and commissions and recently released a book entitled “Driving The Future: Combating Climate Change with Cleaner, Smarter Cars.” This week she joins host John McElroy and Motor Trend’s Frank Markus on Autoline THIS WEEK to talk about her book and time at the EPA.

[MrChevybaja]

i did not anticipate enjoying this as much as i did.  fascinating lady

[davidlopezlive]

Great episode but to short for this topic and I hope there will be more in the near future. Also she hit the nail on the head when she mentioned that the new generation are not that interested in driving and care more about being connected. This is where I think the industry is slow to adapt as I just keep seeing more car companies marketing campaigns focus on being a driver's car and the car's performance. New car buyers don't really care about that but they do care about design, safety, fuel economy, comfort, and most importantly is technology. So I'm very excited for the future and how technology companies like Tesla, Apple, and Google are going to impact the industry. Love the show, keep up the great work.

[marineninga]

As a car enthusiast and a libertarian I can never support the EPA

[dt]

We could have reduced oil usage easily by replacing the oil power plants with nuclear. But the lawmakers are terrified that the nuclear fear mongers will turn their wrath on them and they won't get reelected and the auto industry was a easy target.

[bobl.]

Newer Diesels with the unreliable emission controls get less MPG than older Diesels. But using more World Oil is ok. People like her need to read the reports of Diesel Emergency Vehicles not able to respond to calls because of Emission Control failure. No clue.

[redav]

The problem with cellulosic ethanol is that cellulose is not easy to break down. It either requires so much energy that it's not worth it or you need a microorganism that then becomes dangerous it it ever gets out into the wild. It's possible that waste cellulose may be more productive being used as biomass burned in power plants.

I am more optimistic about electric vehicles than I am about cellulosic ethanol because I think there are fewer technical hurdles to clear. And once you are powering a car with electricity, the power can come from any source.