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Video: first look at John Goodwin's diesel add-on kit

NBC News got a look at mechanic John Goodwin's soon-to-be-released add-on kits for diesel cars in this video. The NBC video also takes a look under the hood of John's turbine, hybrid H3 that will get 60 MPG. That's not the only TV interview John has done recently. As promised, here is the article and full video of singer Neil Young and John Goodwin's appearance on CNN. In the CNN interview, John says "it's not cost-effective for someone to run out and spend $40,000 to double the fuel economy, but I have no shortage of customers." The CNN ... Read more →

Diane Rehm spends the hour talking food prices, corn ethanol and farming Sebastian Blanco

This morning, the most intelligent host in talk radio, Diane Rehm, spent the first hour of her show discussing food prices in America, with a focus on ethanol's effect on the cost of just about ...

Rifkin: "Our common energy future lies with the sun, not with uranium" Derrick Y. Noh

We've been hearing a lot about nuclear power lately. Bush mentioned it as an ideal energy source to generate hydrogen fuel. An MIT study proposed two reactor concepts to produce nuclear hydrogen. This ...

DOE proposes to delay energy bill's 2010 alternative fuel deadline 20 years Derrick Y. Noh

Here's a lesson in legislation over-estimating reality. In 1992, Congress passed an aggressive energy bill requiring that 30 percent of the fuel powering U.S. cars come from sources other than ...

"This little school teacher beat the automobile industry" Derrick Y. Noh

Back in June, Cheryl introduced you to the name Fran Pavley. Ms. Pavley, a member of the California Legislature, has been battling the auto manufacturers since she began her stint in public office 6 ...

Gas Mileage Bible author gives fuel saving tips on NPR 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

While driving around early this morning, I heard Marketplace Money's interview with the Gas Mileage Bible author Ron Hollenbeck. Marketplace host Scott Jagow talks to Hollenbeck about ways everyone can increase the mileage they get out of their automobiles. Hollenbeck's tips are mostly common sense, ...

Click and Clack tackle cost effectiveness of ethanol 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Tom and Ray Magliozzi, who host of the popular NPR program Car Talk as "Click and Clack", address the controversial issue of ethanol efficacy. According to a listener's letter,131,000 British thermal units (BTU) are needed to produce a gallon of ethanol. However, that gallon only produces 77,000 BTU ...

Willie Nelson talks biodiesel (and more) on Fresh Air 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Willie Nelson visited Terry Gross on Fresh Air Thursday to promote his new book, and if you're a fan of his music or want to know more about one of America's most famous promoters of biodiesel, it's worth a listen. While talking about Bob Dylan, writing his first song and smoking pot, Nelson also ...

Irrational consumers subject of Day To Day NPR piece 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Day to Day, the NPR show, had a report today that talked about high gas prices and consumers' reaction to the ever-increasing numbers at the pumps. Alix Spiegel's radio piece tells us that consumers are somewhat irrational beings. We don't mind spending money as long we feel we got a good deal, even ...

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