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COP15: Brazil says ethanol is "the only real alternative" to fossil fuels

Dec 9th 2009 11:05AM - 40 Comments

Pretty much anyone with an eco-agenda is making their voice heard at the COP 15 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen. Delegates from 192 countries are attending and throwing their two cents into the communal pot, including ...

Energy official says fossil fuels can be less polluting, more efficient

Sep 11th 2006 12:56PM - 0 Comments

Jeffrey Jarrett is the assistant secretary for fossil energy in the Department of Energy. Previously he was in the Department of Interior, working in the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. His commentary in San Jose Mercury-News ...

Sweden plans to abandon fossil fuels completely by the year 2020

Jan 11th 2007 11:51AM - 2 Comments

I think this is one of the more impressive plans I have heard in a while. Sweden plans to completely stop using all fossil-fuels by the year 2020. What are the chances that the U.S. is next? To reach this rather ambitious goal, the government there ...

When fossil fuels run out, the "peak oilers" will be ready

Jan 6th 2007 12:38PM - 0 Comments

Members of the Seattle Peak Oil Awareness are getting ready for the day when the earth's fossil fuels dry up. And that day is coming sooner than most people believe. Transportation, food supplies and home heating will be severely affected, and some ...

Ridding the world of fossil fuels by MAGIC: the Magnesium Injection Cycle

Aug 6th 2007 8:31AM - 2 Comments

Tokyo Institute of Technology Professor Takashi Yabe has demonstrated a process called the Magnesium Energy Cycle. This cycle calls upon "MAGIC" to perform its power generation... really! The process is called the MAGnesium Injection Cycle, which ...

Norway still considering a ban on all cars powered by fossil fuels

Apr 27th 2009 12:37PM - 14 Comments

We first heard about a proposal to ban cars powered solely by fossil fuels way back in 2007. According to Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen, the plan "is much more realistic than people think when they first hear about" it and is still very much in ...

STUDY: U.S. subsidises fossil fuels 2.5 times more than renewables

Sep 19th 2009 7:06PM - 22 Comments

Listen to the messages coming out of Washington, D.C. and you'd think we're spending all our available money on clean and green technologies, things like algae biofuels, cleaner cars and advanced batteries. Turns out, this isn't remotely true. ...

Is Gore waging an "all-out assault on all forms of fossil fuels" and will it hurt our economy?

Mar 21st 2007 7:29PM - 61 Comments

I'm sure that by now, all of us are familiar with Al Gore and his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth". You probably also know that automakers, scientists and politicians are busy in Washington making decisions on what steps, if any, to take to ...

Exxon CEO: "Alternative" just means finding new ways to burn fossil fuels

Jun 1st 2009 12:44PM - 19 Comments

Here's a good one. How would you define alternative energy? Solar power? Wind turbines? Recycling waste grease into biodiesel? Well, if you're Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon, then "alternative" energy has a very special meaning. The Dallas Morning ...

Biodiesel Jetta uses far fewer fossil fuels than a Prius, says university biodiesel group

May 9th 2007 8:14PM - 10 Comments

I'm not certain when this information was released to the web, but I just discovered it today, via Propel Biofuels. The University of New Hampshire biodiesel group compared the energy use of six vehicles - a Jetta TDI using biodiesel, a Jetta TDI ...

Studies Say: a wrap up from the green car front: "Internalize the Externalities," more

Oct 23rd 2009 7:03PM - 9 Comments

This is a particularly busy time for studies trying to understand the impact of green vehicles. Here's a quick round-up: Paul Scott writes that, for anyone to fairly compare driving plug-in vehicles and gasoline-powered ones, we need a better ...

Coskata opens doors to first semi-commercial flex ethanol facility

Oct 15th 2009 8:00AM - 5 Comments

Coskata caught our attention back in January 2008 with the announcement that GM would take an equity stake in the cellulosic ethanol producer in an effort to bring the biofuel to market at a cost of just $1 a gallon. Since then, things haven't ...

MotoCzysz + Bajaj = dream?

Oct 4th 2009 9:07AM - 1 Comment

When last we had word of MotoCzysz, the company had just finished a marathon struggle to design, build and race an electric motorcycle at the TTXGP. The epic E1pc was built and shipped to the Isle of Man where it participated in the practice runs ...

France issues 14 Commandments to speed up electric vehicle adoptions

Oct 8th 2009 2:04PM - 14 Comments

The French minister for Environmental Alffairs, Jean-Louis Borloo, has found some stone tablets issued a set of 14 "commandments" for the successful introduction of electric vehicles in France. Borloo didn't hide the fact that he aims to make the ...

Lutz: High-performance Chevy Volt SS a "possibility"

Nov 10th 2009 11:50AM - 18 Comments

2011 Chevy Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery Electric vehicles are for people who would rather drive slow, boring commuter cars that don't consume fossil fuels and therefore don't spew pollutants from their tailpipes. Gas-powered cars ...

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