Project ForkenSwift is driving!
Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, Green Culture The electric car on a beer budget project is road worthy. We featured this team of EV converters earlier as they took an electric motor from a forklift and...
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ForbesAutos picks the 12 greenest cars
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Hybrid, Honda, Saturn, Toyota, Carbon Offset, Natural GasIn selecting the 12 greenest vehicles, ForbesAutos editors split the roster between hybrids and traditional...
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The Car Connection tackles Prius vs Hummer controversy
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Hybrid, HUMMER, ToyotaBengt Halvorson at The Car Connection has posted a critical look at the controversy over the total and complete environmental cost of hybrid...
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Could hybrid technology move into Formula 1?
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Hybrid, Honda, ToyotaWe've already heard talk that Formula 1 officials have considered moving toward a diesel engine, now hybrids are the talk of the track....
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GM's Bob Lutz meets with scientists; both sides butt heads over super ecocar
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Green Culture, GMThe Union of Concerned Scientists say the technology to build a highly fuel efficient family vehicle is already available and on the shelf. So...
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Ford delivers its own Top 10 list of green achievements
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Manufacturing/Plants, FordFord Motor Company, in observance of the upcoming Earth Day, has posted its own top 10 list of green initiatives for which the company is...
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A car that runs on blood? Now that's entertainment!
Filed under: Etc., Green CultureThere's a low-budget slasher movie making the film festival circuit that's amusing some critics and mystifying others, but it hasn't been labeled boring. Written,...
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Vehicles now running on gas-to-liquid diesel in South Africa
Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing/Plants, Mercedes Benz, Natural GasA new diesel fuel refined from natural gas is now powering two Mercedes M-class SUVs in South Africa....
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As president, Chris Dodd would enact Corporate Carbon Tax
Filed under: Etc., Green Culture, Legislation and PolicyChris Dodd is the first presidential candidate to support a carbon tax. David Roberts at Grist read through Dodd's energy speech from yesterday...
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We know PETA will squeal, but could biodiesel made from pigs have religious...
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Green CulturePretty soon there won't be a single living organism on earth from which someone won't be trying to extract a biofuel. We've talked about algae, corn,...
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Eco-ethicist lashes out at pork-based biofuels
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Green Culture, Manufacturing/PlantsWe had the story yesterday about ConocoPhillips and Tyson teaming up to produce biodiesel in Europe from leftover pig fat. Undoubtedly...
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Biofuels threaten cheap beer in Germany
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Ethanol, Green Culture, Manufacturing/Plants, Legislation and PolicyFirst, tortillas in Mexico, now beer in Germany will cost more as crop yields shift toward biofuel...
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Car-share programs heat up Chicago
Filed under: Etc., Green CultureCar-share programs, those unique memberships with around-the-clock access to cars parked throughout urban neighborhoods, is starting to look good as a profit enterprise....
View ArticleEVette on the news; also shows off its maneuverability
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Transportation Alternatives We introduced you to the EVette last year. It's a homebuilt electric 2-seat, 3-wheeler. Builder Tom Sines over the weekend posted a...
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Biodiesel-powered Earthrace blows engine but still has sights set on world...
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Green Culture, Transportation AlternativesThis time it's a wounded engine that has sidelined the round-the-world record attempt of the Earthrace boat. The starboard engine...
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San Francisco opens first commercial B20 station
Filed under: Biodiesel, Green Culture, Legislation and PolicySan Francisco has plans to covert the city's entire fleet of diesel vehicles to run on B20 biodiesel by the end of this year. Now there's a...
View ArticleSan Francisco offspring of Beavis and Butthead promote biodiesel, and shame...
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Green Culture Just watch. Obvious comments need not be posted. Let's be kind to the feeble minded who generated this insipid video developed in cooperation between Pacific...
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Canadian truckers tout environmental benefits of double trailers
Filed under: Biodiesel, Etc., Carbon Offset, Legislation and PolicyA study from the Canadian Trucking Alliance says it confirms that double trailer towing can reduce climate-change emissions and...
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Supercomputer helping crack cellulose enzyme mysteries
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EthanolThe San Diego Supercomputer Center is crunching a few billion numbers to help scientists produce a virtual look into producing ethanol from cellulose. We know...
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Landfill methane could be used to power garbage trucks
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc.The Lycoming County landfill in Pennsylvania may one day refuel some of the trucks that deliver waste, using methane gas made from that waste. The ambitious...
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