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Monthly Archives: May 2007
`Hypermilers’
Laurie With, by her Honda Civic hybrid in Sauk Rapids, Minn., is part of a dedicated group of people around the country calling themselves hypermilers, attempting extreme means to get crazy mileage. Drafting off the rear right corner of a … Continue reading
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GM shifts gears to put the guzzler image behind them
Five years ago, General Motors Corp. gave the world the Hummer H2, a vehicle so fuel-thirsty that GM took advantage of a federal loophole that allowed the company not to publish its estimated mileage. Today, the No. 1 U.S. auto … Continue reading
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Solar/Wind Hybrid Electric Ferry Unveiled in NYC
An electric ferry that will take passengers to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island uses a “solar sail” covered in solar panels that collect energy from the sun and wind. It is almost silent, emits no vibration vibration and … Continue reading
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Instead of gobbling a Twinke, why not try a piece of organic fruit
We’ll call it the Twinkie phenomenon. The 150 calorie delight just isn’t selling as well as it used to. According to snack and wholesale bakery magazine, the Twinkie brought in $21 million less last year than the year before. That’s … Continue reading
What’s lurking behind the plug-in hybrid
Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) unveiled a retrofitted plug-in Toyota Prius this week pushing efficiency to 125+ miles per gallon fuel efficiency. The battery for the Prius utilizes LTC’s new product line of lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells, the largest cells … Continue reading
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“Bin Laden hates this car”
R.James Woolsey, former director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, drives a Toyota Prius with a bumper sticker that reads, “Bin Laden hates this car.” The sticker is a testament to Woolsey’s irreverent approach to American foreign policy and what … Continue reading
A stealthy hybrid war machine
As a driver of a Civic hybrid, I am used to the stunned reactions of people jumping out of the way as my car glides silently behind them across a parking lot when the gasoline engine shuts off. The Toyota … Continue reading
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China’s climate change machine is fueled by America’s desire for cheap goods
World emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide increased three times faster after 2000 than in the 1990s, putting them at the high end of a range of forecasts by an international climate change. At the same time, a trend … Continue reading
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Yellow cabs go 100% green
New York City’s fleet of yellow cabs will go entirely hybrid within five years, and all its vehicles for hire will have to meet new emissions and mileage standards by next year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce today. … Continue reading
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Drivers cut back miles for the first time in 26 years
The average American motorist is driving substantially fewer miles for the first time in 26 years because of high gas prices and demographic shifts, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal highway data. –high gas prices are working to … Continue reading
The hydrogen vision
So who was clapping, i’m not… At the Clean Energy Venture Summit, James Woolsey, the former director of the CIA and currently an alternative energy advocate, received a standing ovation when he said hydrogen research was a distraction and largely … Continue reading
A home hydrogen generating station that also makes heat and electricity
Honda, in conjunction with Plug Power, is developing a home based hydrogen pump station that produces hydrogen fuel for it’s 2008 FCX fuel-cell car. HES III uses natural gas as its feedstock, and is able to supply a sufficient amount … Continue reading
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New high end and low end hybrids
Honda will roll out a more affordable hybrid-electric car in 2009, smaller and lower priced than the current Honda Civic. As mid-sized cars have grown, the growth of the growing “mid-sized compacts” has declined in favor of smaller cars. Honda … Continue reading
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Lowering gas prices: Coal-to-liquid fuel for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources heard testimony today about high gas prices. This is the third year in a row gas prices have spiked ahead of the summer driving season. We are however, reaching new highs with … Continue reading
‘Intelligent’ cars as fuel-efficient as hybrids
A study at Australia’s University of Melbourne shows that cars using telemetrics are as efficient as hybrids. This makes sense because both systems attempt to smooth out the most wasteful moments in driving. However, telemetrics is impractical at this point … Continue reading
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Aspen hybrid can’t park free in Aspen
Chrysler’s new Aspen Hybrid SUV, planned for 2008, won’t make the cut for special parking breaks in Aspen, according to city parking officials. Parking officials grant hybrid drivers a free permit for residential zones normally restricted to a two-hour limit … Continue reading
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New push for coastal drilling… what is our price in a not so free oil market?
The Interior Department last month proposed opening an area 50 miles off Virginia’s southern coast to drilling. Shell Oil would like to encourage public support for the idea, which remains controversial and requires congressional approval. Oil companies see an end … Continue reading
Hydrogen Honda here in ’08
Honda promises a limited production hydrogen car for 08′ for about $25,000. The car will have a top speed of 100 mph and get there in about 9 seconds. Honda expects the 2008 model will get the gasoline equivalent of … Continue reading
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Applying hybrid-electric diesel technology to trains
Trains conserve energy by moving many people with a pooled power source instead of many individual cars with combined inefficiency. Add 20% to the efficiency of one train and hundreds of people in the train are moving along 20% more … Continue reading
U.S. Capital going green – same hot air, less carbon
During fiscal year 2006, the House released an estimated equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide emissions of 17,200 cars, an estimated 91,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions. I heard in a news briefing yesterday with Nancy Pelosi that the the … Continue reading
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More efficient, faster chips from IBM
Touted as one of the most significant advances in computer chip making in years, IBM has come up with a way of using holes with a width of 20 nanometers to lower the amount of electrical leakage in chips. A … Continue reading
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Dodge hybrid Hemi
As first glance, Chrysler’s Dodge Hemi V-8 might seem out of place in hybrid-land, but for their market they are probably right on target, attempting to tap into a consumer that wouldn’t touch a Prius sized hybrid. The question remains, … Continue reading
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Environmental troubleshooting green power
In York County, we are familiar fish ladders over the Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant. Without a fish ladder, the 55-foot tall barrier prevents migration of fish and the ladders help restore the pre-human order of life. A fish passageway over the … Continue reading
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A microbial fuel cell that runs on beer
Foster’s Group brewery near Brisbane, Australia is installing a microbial fuel cell that will generate clean energy from brewery waste water by using sugar-consuming bacteria. It is a waste water treatment system that produces a small amount of electricity. The … Continue reading
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Filthy Pittsburgh No. 2, behind L.A. – we love coal
According to the American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report, Pittsburgh ranks as the second dirtiest metropolitan area on both short-term and annual airborne particle measurement scales. Only Los Angeles’ air is dirtier. Higher soot levels in the … Continue reading
Diesel is the same price as gas, ethanol cheaper
The economic viability of fuels shift. I had a flashback today from 1990, when diesel was cheaper than gas. The economics of higher mileage from running a diesel engine has been undercut by a fuel surcharge over gasoline for some … Continue reading
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Hybrids are making more economic sense
Until the first half of this year, buying a hybrid meant paying more than sticker. Auto-reasearch firms found that it could take more than 15 years to offset the cost. With a combination of incentives, positive repair data, and higher … Continue reading
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The Rhoades Car
A 4-wheel bike that drives like a car. Can be ordered with up to 36 gears, a positive traction differential, even as a truck model with a rotating air-powered sign. Electric assist can be added for speeds up to 18 … Continue reading
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