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Chrysler produces the ultimate green racer 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Arguments could be made about the green credentials of any alternative fuel vehicles such as the chemical content and energy required to produce batteries, the problem of producing and storing hydrogen and more. But here is a racer produced by a group of Chrysler employees that is completely green. ...

Biodiesel-supporting governor of Montana vetoed biodiesel tax credit bill, but all is not lost 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Why did Gov. Schweitzer (D), a long-time supporter of biodiesel, veto a bill designed to give biodiesel users a $500 tax credit? According to Biodiesel Magazine, "Schweitzer said the bill's estimated $3 million economic impact was simply too much to approve without final numbers in place." The veto ...

Shell cancels oil-shale mining permit request in Colorado 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Oil from shale is one of the many alternative sources of petroleum that has been researched for the past several decades but to date no one has actually brought it to mass production. As with the tar sands in Alberta, Canada, there are huge quantities of petroleum locked in other materials in North ...

RPS vs. CPS 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Many ABG readers may know that the Senate is debating energy issues this week and next. I have snuck into the Senate chambers several times (via C-SPAN) to check on their progress. As you know, electric vehicles keep appearing on ABG. Some have electricity generated on board only, but the trend ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Nick Zielinski and Gary Smyth of General Motors 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Following the Challenge-X presentation presentation at General Motors headquarters last week, a group of bloggers including myself, Matt Kelly of The Next Gear, Lyle Dennis of gm-volt.com, Todd Kaho of Green Car Journal, Scott Anderson of Hydrogen Forecast, Philip Proefrock of Ecogeek, and Matt ...

China may abandon liquified coal projects 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

China has been moving aggressively to wean itself from reliance on petroleum both because of terrible pollution problems in the big cities like Beijing an Shanghai and because it has few domestic petroleum reserves. Recently the Chinese government has put a lot of emphasis on coal to liquid ...

EPA says coal to liquid could cause 119% INCREASE in greenhouse gases 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Even if you disregard the environmental catastrophe that is mountaintop removal, the reasons not to increase the use of coal are numerous. The current popular idea for using coal is convert it to liquid fuel via the Fischer-Tropsch process for use in transportation. Like petroleum, coal is a fossil ...

DOE releases feasability study for Illinois Coal to Liquid plant 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has completed a feasibility study for a proposed Coal to Liquid fuel production facility in Illinois. The proposal would include a plant that would convert 24,500 tons of coal daily into 50,000 barrels of fuel along with 124 MW of ...

Silverado Green Fuel is creating liquid coal fuel for cars at half the cost of oil 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Coal is a dirty word. Coal is also a four letter word. That is never going to change, or is it? If Silverado Green Fuels has its way, it just might. I don't have a great understanding of coal power to begin with, and reading this information didn't help too much. But, from what I can tell, the ...

Purdue working on 'carbon-free' production method for liquid fuels, but it requires hydrogen 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Chemical engineers from Purdue University are proposing an environmentally-friendly process for producing liquid fuels from biomass. It involves adding hydrogen during the gasification step, which suppresses the formation of carbon dioxide and converts all the carbon atoms to fuel. Normally when ...

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