Archive for January, 2010
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Promising Alternative Fuels
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Hydrogen and Natural Gas are promising alternative fuel sources that will help reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. These alternative fuel source will help reduce carbon emissions and reverse global warming. The best source of using hydrogen and natural gas is in powering automobiles, trucks and buses. These alternative fuels are significantly more eco-friendly than [...]
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Moving Toward A Plug-In Future
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Increasing America’s use of plug-in electric and plug in hybrid cars would dramatically reduce emissions that cause global warming and air pollution and would curb our dependence on oil, according to a new white paper released today by Environment Texas. But how do we get moving toward a Plug-In future? Tax Credit Plug-In Incentives Currently [...]
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Does Geothermal Drilling Cause Earthquakes?
Monday, January 18th, 2010
The United States Energy Department, concerned about earthquake risk, will impose new safeguards on geothermal energy projects that drill deep into the Earth’s crust, according to an article published by the New York Times on January 15, 2010. The new policy is being instituted after a project in California that used the new technology was [...]
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Will Electric Cars Ever Become Viable?
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Car makers everywhere are debating how best to channel electricity into a fuel for vehicles, but some in the industry warn that the technology faces too many hurdles ever to become a viable alternative to gasoline. Toyota Motor Corp’s US sales chief Jim Lentz called it the “electrification of the auto industry,” and the trend [...]
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Production Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Cars Hit The Market
Monday, January 11th, 2010
“Many have been waiting years for this day, because today marks the true dawn of the electric and plug-in hybrid car, the day when the big automakers—GM and Nissan among them—show off the vehicles they will be selling later this year. Finally. The Detroit Auto Show, traditionally the place for car makers to show off [...]
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Biomass Energy and Biomass Fuel
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
As we plow ahead into the next decade, there is more and more of an urgent need to save our environment by replacing fossil-fuels with renewable energy sources. One of the more promising renewable energy sources is called Biomass. Biomass is any organic material which can be used as a fuel. Biomass energy sources include [...]