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Conventions for Unconventional Fuels: Alternative Energy Expos
>100 years ago, the common man would have had difficulty envisioning such World’s Fair conceptual attractions as the Ferris wheel, Smell-O-Vision, or Norman Bel Geddes’ immersive prototype of the...
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Chocolate: An Alternative Fuel for Women… and Now Cars
You probably wouldn’t think it pragmatic to stick a Hershey’s bar into your fuel tank. But scientists are doing it with telling results. Recently, a British team from the Warwick Innovative...
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The Next Alternative Fuel Might Be a Matter of Fecal
Every time you use the bathroom, you could be flushing away a potentially great source of energy. At least, that’s what AMEC, a Canadian firm, believes. They are striving to capture human excrement...
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I’d Like One Espresso and a Half Skim, Half Decaf Latte, No Foam, For My Car
It doesn’t take a keen observer to know that the coffee business is staggeringly profitable. Eighty-seven percent of Americans rely on coffee to get them through the day. Starbucks just opened its...
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Food, Then Fuel for Thought: Turkeys Considered as an Alternative Energy Source
The ongoing, meandering quest, à la Lord of the Rings, to find the best alternative energy to supplant the world’s finite supply of fossil fuel really brings the whack jobs with a lot of startup...
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California Energy Commission launches alt-fuel vehicle website Drive
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has launched Drive – a website designed to educate industry professionals, fleet managers and consumers about greener transportation choices for the 21st...
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How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck if a Woodchuck Could Turn it into Fuel?
If you currently own a hybrid vehicle or ride a light-rail mass-transit train to work, you probably fancy yourself an environmentalist who is doing your part to rid the world of the scourge of...
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Answering the Age-Old Question: How Many Tequila Shots Does it Take to Get...
If you’re searching for alternative ethanol energy, you needn’t look any further than your own backyard… or Tanzania. Biofuels from non-food sources – from agave cacti grown in the desert lands of...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $12MM in Investments to Support Drop-In...
The ability to power your current automobile with biofuel could be in the near future. On August 31st, the U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a comprehensive plan in which $12 million would be...
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New Survey Highlights Lack of Public Appetite for Electric Cars
The results of a new survey by Trend Tracker show that none of the 12,000-strong people surveyed (in the UK) would consider their next car to be electric powered. Automotive researcher Trend Tracker’s...
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