Archive for ‘Transportation’
How High? Gas Inches Toward $4 A Gallon
February 29th, 2008
Gas prices are quickly approaching record levels in Southern California.
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Ethanol may add to global warming
February 8th, 2008
The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
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EU, industry launch cleaner planes project
February 5th, 2008
Planes made in the European Union from 2015 may be quieter and less polluting thanks to a 1.6 billion euro ($2.4 billion) research project launched by the EU Commission and the aeronautics industry on Tuesday.
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Mud Flow in Java
January 30th, 2008
Mud… some people drive four-wheelers through it, some people use it to displace fifteen thousand people… it’s a versatile substance. In East Java a possibly man-made mud flow is creating an inland mud sea; at the University of Washington scientists spliced rabbit genes into a tree; and Enterprise Rent-A-Car tries to go green.
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Toyota beats GM in global production
January 28th, 2008
Toyota may have fallen short of General Motors in global vehicle sales last year, but it’s beaten its U.S. rival in another measure — global vehicle production. In the latest neck-and-neck numbers race between the world’s top two automakers, Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it had made a record 9,497,754 vehicles worldwide in 2007, up 5.3 percent from the …
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Green Candidate?
January 24th, 2008
Obama gets voted Smogmaker of ’07 by DeSmogBlog, hot bodies warm building, and three wheeled autos. ZapRoot, helping you go green.
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The first kite-powered cargo ship
January 23rd, 2008
“Beluga SkySails” is fitted with a giant computer-guided kite, which helps the engines to power the ship - thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions. The ship is the result of co-operation between two German companies, who hope this first journey is just the start of a comeback for harnessing…
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Biofuel production may worsen water, food problems in Asia: study
January 22nd, 2008
An international research group has warned in a recent study that continued rapid growth in biofuel production may worsen already serious water resource and food problems in Asia.
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Gadgets And Tips To Make Your Vehicle More Green
January 19th, 2008
Becoming more eco-friendly is a popular mission these days both for companies and for consumers and this weekend at the Women’s Expo you’ll find something you might not expect — a car expert
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Texas is biggest carbon polluter
January 17th, 2008
Everything’s big in Texas — big pickup trucks, big SUVs and the state’s big carbon footprint, too. Texans’ fondness for large, manly vehicles has helped make the Lone Star State the biggest carbon polluter in the nation.
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‘Green’ Cars on Display at Brussels Auto Show
January 16th, 2008
Concerns about global warming has prompted many car owners to consider vehicles which run on cleaner energy, forcing the automobile industry to react to keep up with these demands. Inside the Brussels motor show, these changes are obvious.
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Toyota battle turns electric
January 14th, 2008
Toyota Motor Corp likely to claim the title of world’s biggest automaker later this month from General Motors Corp Monday threw down the gauntlet to GM in a race for the next “green” car.
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Are Sports Cars’ Days Numbered?
January 14th, 2008
WSJ’s car critic Jeffrey Sabatini discusses Nissan’s new GTR, a classic sports car that bucks the growing trend among automakers to go green.
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Harmarville Co. Gets Grant For Alternative Fuel
January 14th, 2008
A company in Harmarville received a grant to develop a more efficient way to develop fuel from alternative sources;
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EU to call for strict sustainability rules on biofuels
January 14th, 2008
The European Union is to call for strict rules on the types of biofuels that can be used across the bloc in order to avoid damaging the environment, officials in Brussels said Monday.
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