As oil hovers in the $80 per barrel range and the faltering global economy struggles to recover from the current decline, the need to invest in alternative energy and identify viable alternatives t
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Oil time bomb keeps ticking
05 Sep 2010 at 21:24
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Alternative Energy, Oil and natural gas, Renewable Energy, Transportation
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Top 10 Energy Stories of 2009
31 Dec 2009 at 22:39
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Alternative Energy, Carbon Emmssions, Energy, Oil and natural gas, Peak Oil, Technology, Transportation
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Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt’s Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different from theirs. I have a couple of stories here that they didn’t list, and I combined some topics. And don’t get too hung up on the relative rankings. You can make arguments that some stories should be higher than others, but I gave less consideration of whether 6 should be ahead of 7 (for example) than just making sure the important stories were listed.
Toyota unveiling electric concept car in Detroit
Toyota Motor Corp. said Saturday it is confirming plans to have an all-electric vehicle on U.S. roads by 2012 by introducing an ultra-compact battery-powered concept car at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Ethanol sales top gasoline sales in a first in Brazil
Ethanol sales for 2008 for the first time are outpacing those of gasoline in Brazil, a top ethanol producer, the National Petroleum Agency reported Tuesday.
Ford scores marketing coup with thrifty Fusion hybrid
fficient midsize sedan on the market when it arrives this spring, clocking in at 41 miles per gallon, according to data given to Ford Motor by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chrysler’s plan to beat the Chevy Volt
15 Dec 2008 at 17:14
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Alternative Energy, Electric cars, Technology, Transportation
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Chrysler is pinning a huge part of its future on a plan to produce a full line of electric vehicles, at a reasonable cost to both the carmaker and the consumer.
Harvesting Electricity From Moving Vehicles
13 Dec 2008 at 12:17
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Alternative Energy, Electric cars, Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation
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Parasitic energy harvesting” might sound like it is part of a Sci-Fi plot where alien beings feed off of the energy emanating from human bodies, but it is actually a means of reclaiming wasted energy.
Electric Cars vs. Oil in Hawaii
08 Dec 2008 at 18:31
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Electric cars, Energy, Environment, Technology, Transportation
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Since the late 1990s, I’ve been convinced that in the long run, the majority of cars would be some form of electric vehicle (EV), whether in the form of hybrids, with power generated onboard from engines or fuel cells, or battery EVs tapping external sources of power.
10 of the Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in the United States
You don’t have to be Leo DiCaprio to own one of the most fuel-efficient vehicles available, although it certainly helps if you want someone hot to ride shotgun. The stodgy auto industry, spurred by high gas prices and consumer demand, is coming around with more hybrid vehicles, smaller models and alternative energy options. Still, “fuel efficiency” stateside is an oxymoron akin to “congressional ethics” and “doing nothing.”
