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• China’s Hybrid Cars Market Expected To Explode

  Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

  Both carmakers and component suppliers in the Chinese automotive industry are keeping a close watch on the hybrid electric cars segment, as they realize the market is likely to grow at full throttle in 2011. Although only six hybrid models were available in the market at the end of 2008, the entry of native and [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 there [...]

• 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 shut [...]

• 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 [...]

• 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 the whizz-bang [...]

• 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 [...]

• 10 Best Ways To Save On Gas

  Saturday, December 26th, 2009

  The severe economic times are forcing many of us to do what we can to save money and one of our biggest expenses is gasoline. So it makes sense that to save money you should look at ways to save gas. Here are the best ways to save gas and also help the environment.

  Control Your [...]

• We Need Renewable Energy Now!

  Monday, December 21st, 2009

  Will renewable energy replace fossil fuels as our main energy source? Our future depends on it!
  As the economies of China and India explode so does their citizens standard of living. This will result in a significant demand for energy that fossil-fuels cannot support. A big part of the answer is developing renewable [...]

• Electronic Waste: More Than A Green Living Problem

  Friday, December 18th, 2009

  Did you know that electronic waste is quickly becoming the biggest global ecological problem? Most of us don’t realize the devastation that electronic waste is posing to the environment.
  Electronic waste, e-waste or e-scrap describes loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, broken, electrical or electronic devices. Electronic equipment some very serious contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium [...]