Tag: Alternative Fuels - Page 4
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Students Get 568 Km Per Liter, Hope For More
Sakarya University students with their hydrogen-powered car. Photo via SAİTEM. Gas prices in Turkey are among the highest -- if not the highest -- in the world, a fact I was rudely awakened to last summer when some friends and I rented a car to drive
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Ten Ways to Avoid Carbon from Barbecues This 4th of July
Stand out of the line of fire of smoky fumes. Sure, that's the first defense. But what about the dangers of grilled dogs, ribs, and salmon? I've long heard
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13 Hot Eco-Cars That Go Zoom
Who says a green car has to be shaped like a sneaker to save the planet? These 13 hot supercars sure don't.
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Swedish Greenwash: 'Fossil-Fuel Free' by 2020 Says Skåne
Swedes are fond of making sweeping proclamations - oil-free by 2050, they promised, and now Skåne, the country's southernmost region, is claiming it will end its dependence on fossil fuels by 2020
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General Motors Release LPG Hybrid Car - The Spark. In India.
We've heard much about the Tata Nano, India's $2,000 car that has over 200,000 Indians lining up to own one. We've also well aware that General Motors USA has filed for bankruptcy, although many of its international subsidiaries, like in China,
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First Solar-Hybrid Power Plant Opens in Israel
Like something out of a sci-fi film, this solar flower (tower) is the first of its kind to combine concentrated solar power with a hybrid-microturbine to ensure production of power 24 hours a
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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part Two)
Nancy Gioia is a big wheel at Ford where she oversees sustainable transportation projects. In the second part of our chat, Gioia illuminates the future of diesels, Obama's new MPG standards, and the lackluster promise of the hydrogen highway. She also
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Soul Majestic Empowers the Green Movement With a Reggae Beat
"The Better World," the latest album by Soul Majestic, takes an often depressing subject - the state of the world - puts it to a reggae beat, blends in empowering lyrics and helps you get back on that horse to ride another day
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Have You Plugged In a Ford Lately? EVs, Plug-ins, and Hybrids Live on in Detroit (Part One)
In the smoking ashes of Detroit, Ford Motor Company looks a lot like the last man standing, which could have great big implications for the green car race. Nancy Gioia heads up Ford’s Sustainable Mobility programs—she shares with TreeHugger how her
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Algae-Powered Big Rig That Transforms Into A Locomotive
The Chiron Transportation concept transforms between both a big rig and a locomotive. Powered by an algae-based fuel cell engine, the Autobot-wannabe also comes with a satellite tracking system for navigating railways
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Take Action: Tell the Secretary of Interior No, On More Oil Shale Development
Waste water pond from Canadian tar sands development. Producing oil from tar sands and oil shale ends up creating several orders of magnitude more carbon emissions than conventional oil sources. Not to mention gigantic waste water ponds. Photo: Rodrigo
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First Renewable Diesel Fuel (Not Biodiesel...) Approved for Sale in United States
Amyris' renewable diesel can be distributed through the existing petro-diesel infrastructure. Photo: ThreadedThoughts via flickr. Amyris Biotechnologies has announced that their renewable diesel (not biodiesel, more on that below...) has been approved
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Make a Neil Young Video, Singing the Praises of Dual Fuel Guru: Johnny Magic
We observed last month that Neil Young is out and about promoting his new album, Fork in the Road.
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$2.1 Million Given to UCLA Professor for On-Campus Hydrogen Fueling Station
The oft-touted hydrogen economy may still be a bit over the horizon, but a new $2.1 million grant given to UCLA professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Vasilios Manousiouthakis will give the university and the
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Methane Extraction from 'Ice' + Carbon Sequestration = Green Fossil Fuel?
Could this actually be a carbon-neutral fossil fuel source? New Scientist is reporting on research presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society which examines whether methane could be extracted from what looks like regular ice, and
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Neil Young hits a "Fork in the Road"
Neil Young - Fork In The Road Neil Young sings the title track for his latest album. Neil Young has been traipsing around the country in his eco-friendly LincVolt, recently stopping at the SXSW Fest in Austin, where he premiered his concert documentary,
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EvanEco goes to the Carnival, Monbiot on Biochar, Accidental Eco Maniac Highlights Women + Water, and More
EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant
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With or Without Carbon Capture, Coal-to-Liquids Are Climate Change Disaster
In addition to all of the oral presentations and the Copenhagen Climate Congress over the past couple of days, there were dozens of
