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Tropical Dead Zones Set to Expand by 50 Percent Under Climate Change
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Dead zones are certainly no stranger to these pages. As Matthew quipped in a recent post, stories about the Gulf of Mexico’s (in)famous dead zone have a way of turning up on TreeHugger, as if on cue, every summer. And while the …
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Economic woes slow down the Pickens Plan West Texas wind farm
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Green Daily
The tumbling economy has certainly taken its toll on automakers, ethanol producers and everyone else, pretty much. Why should T. Boone Pickens escape the downfall? He hasn’t. The huge west Texas wind farm that is part of T. Boone Pickens’s new energy Plan has been delayed and now probaly won’t be ready by 2011. According to CNET the delay is because the farm is “having trouble getting financing because of the credit crunch.” Sheesh, if a billionaire can’t get a loan, then we’re all screwed. The good news, if you’re in favor of the Plan, is that Pickens called this a temporary setback. While Pickens made the announcement at the Forbes Energy Conference this past week, when he also made completely positive appearance on the Daily Show. Watch it after the jump.
Gallery: Wind Farms
[Source: Sustainable Business, CNET]
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Economic woes slow down the Pickens Plan West Texas wind farm originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Minnesota congressman wants to see E15 nationwide
Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy
The chairman of the agriculture committee in the U.S. House of Representatives wants to mandate that the ethanol blends in gasoline be raised from the current 10 percent to 15 percent. Collin Peterson (D-MN) comes from a state that grows a lot of corn and produces a lot of ethanol. Minnesota already has more E85 stations than any other state. However, the uneven availability of E85 in other parts of the country means that retail demand for E85 has not kept up with increase in production resulting in falling prices. Peterson would like to compensate by blending more ethanol into the gas supply. The problem is that might encourage the continued expansion of corn ethanol production which has plenty of acknowledged issues. While increasing the concentration of ethanol in gasoline would get around the problem of distribution of E85, it also has problems of its own. The alcohol can absorb water separate from the gasoline in the station storage tanks. This could result in corrosion in the tanks or damage to cars that are not flex fuel capable but get pumped full of concentrated ethanol.
[Source: Reuters]
Minnesota congressman wants to see E15 nationwide originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AutoblogGreen for 11.13.08
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green
This is the short version of the evolution of the modern car: from SUVasaurus to new green supercars like the Bolwell Nagari and the Tesla Roadster and then, the pinnacle, the Duck. Just kidding about that last one.
- Come 2009, U.S. tax credits will exist mostly for large, low-MPG hybrids
- Bolwell Nagari supercar going into production, may get electric drivetrain
- VIDEO: Suzuki discovers why SUVasaurus went extinct
- If it drives like a Duck… it might be the mailman!
- Piaggio MP3 hybrid to achieve 141 mpg!
- Chris Paine’s Tesla Roadster arrives in LA
- LA Preview: Kia to debut fuel cell-powered Borrego SUV
- Rendered speculation: Toyota Prius … coupe?
- A first-hand account: Drag racing the Tesla Roadster
- State of the ethanol nation will be solid, but it’s tough now
- Automobile Magazine names direct injection Technology of the Year
- Volkswagen wants a local battery partner for Chinese operations
- Le Figaro test drives Minister’s 308 HDI hybrid
- Car and Driver looks at mileage myths and misconceptions
- BioJet sets new record; Air New Zealand announces Dec. date for 747-400 biofuel flight
- Wispa electric scooter goes to school for price and performance improvements
- Lexus IS 220d drops CO2 emissions and prices
AutoblogGreen for 11.13.08 originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: toyota, ethanol, lexus, prius, fuel cell
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BioFuel Powered Flying Car Expedition 2009
Everyone dreams of a Jetson car. If a practical flying car became reality, overcoming friction and traffic jams could be part of the equation for a fuel-efficient future. Is it possible that a Skycar could be proven technology before the end of 2009?
It will be if Giles Cardozo’s dreams come true. Cardozo is the brainchild behind the Parajet Skycar. With a range of 180 km (110 miles) on bioethanol, this vehicle promises alternative transportation at least to scientists accessing remote areas for study if not for the Janes and Georges of future-suburbia. And it is about to be …
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BioFuel Powered Flying Car Expedition 2009
Everyone dreams of a Jetson car. If a practical flying car became reality, overcoming friction and traffic jams could be part of the equation for a fuel-efficient future. Is it possible that a Skycar could be proven technology before the end of 2009?
It will be if Giles Cardozo’s dreams come true. Cardozo is the brainchild behind the Parajet Skycar. With a range of 180 km (110 miles) on bioethanol, this vehicle promises alternative transportation at least to scientists accessing remote areas for study if not for the Janes and Georges of future-suburbia. And it is about to be …
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State of the ethanol nation will be solid, but it’s tough now
Filed under: Ethanol
As we’ve seen, the corn ethanol industry has taken a huge hit recently, so we decided it was worth it to take a look at the overall ethanol market, corn and otherwise. A good place to start is a new report by Global Industry Analysts, which predicts that, for all its trouble, the world ethanol market grow by about 7,597 million gallons between now and 2012 to 27.7 billion gallons. Even though the excitement for corn ethanol has (mostly) died down, there are still a lot of biofuel mandates on the books (the U.S. will require about 8 billion of those gallons in 2012, for example). This is all good news for POET CEO Jeff Broin, who is quite bullish about his company’s chances, especially with a new President whom he sees as “very, very strong for ethanol.”
The future may be decent for ethanol, but the present remains very troubling. The latest example is Pacific Ethanol, which just posted a “deeper-than-expected” quarterly loss. See also: VeraSun.
[Source: PRWeb, Domestic Fuel, Reuters]
State of the ethanol nation will be solid, but it’s tough now originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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How ’bout this? Biodiesel company $1m grant
Filed under: Biodiesel, Green Daily
It hasn’t been a good time for first-gen biofuel producers. So, it comes as a pretty big surprise that a biodiesel company would reject a grant worth $1 million. The story of the Alternative Fuels Inc. can serve as a warning to anyone who wants to get in on biofuel production.
Starting in March 2006, AFI began working on making biodiesel with algae. The company only lasted until November 2007, but thought about restarting the algae process in Pennsylvania after the closure. As part of the reopening, the state offered AFI the million dollars if they built the algae plant there. Last month, the company said “no thanks” because they had “problems producing algae-based fuel and instead began using waste oil, generating enough biodiesel to receive a relatively small $480 grant,” according to Press Connects. AFI does make the grease biodiesel and could qualify for almost $2 million a year in state money if production ramps up. Think it’s likely?
[Source: Press Connects]
How ’bout this? Biodiesel company rejects $1m grant originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Biofueled Skycar 2009 Expedition plans to drive/fly from London to Timbuktu
Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Etc., Ethanol, Green Daily
There are a lot of green car shows and events taking place around the world and we - sadly - cannot cover them all. But there is one event that I’d love to be a part of in 200: the Skycar Expedition. Billed as the “World’s First Bio-fuelled Flying Car,” the Skycar is part parachute, part fan-powered swamp boat and part X-Bow. Whereas convertible car makers take about how quickly their vehicles can go from sunny exposure to rainy-day protection, Skycar designers like Gilo Cardozo tell us that conversion from “road mode” to “fly mode” and visa-versa will take three minutes.
To showcase the Skycar’s potential, the Skycar Expedition Team is planning a January 2009 flight/drive from London to Timbuktu, a distance of over 6000km (3700 miles). The car uses a lightweight ParaWing that is filled by a huge fan built into the back of the vehicle to achieve theoretical airspeeds of 100 mph. Two people can fit into the steel or aluminum chassis and cruise along at 2,000-3,000 feet. The Times Online says that the Skycar is certified for road use and can burn ethanol in its modified 140bhp Yamaha R1 engine. That’s all we needed to hear. Now, who’s willing to pitch in and send us to cover this trip? For purely professional journalistic reasons, of course.
Note: this is decidedly not the Moller Skycar, even though Moller did like ethanol. And, any time I write about the flying car, I feel the need to post the classic Clerks clip after the jump.
Gallery: Biofueled Skycar
[Source: Skycar, Times Online via Treehugger]
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Biofueled Skycar 2009 Expedition plans to drive/fly from London to Timbuktu originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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AutoblogGreen for 11.11.08
Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green
If you had a $9,000 electric scooter, would you hoist it onto your restaurant’s ceiling? In Wisconsin, they would. I wonder what they’d do with a plug-in Saturn Vue hybrid or Dean Kamen’s Stirling car, should they ever be able to get one. As for cars you can actually, buy here’s our review of the 2009 Honda Fit Sport 5AT.
- In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Honda Fit Sport 5AT
- SEMA 2008: Making Green Cool Zone trucks
- SEMA 2008: Making Green Cool Zone bikes and products
- More on the delay of the plug-in Saturn Vue hybrid
- Cheap ethanol stunts? So 2007. Say hello to the E85 pig roast
- Thinking about Better Place’s free car strategy
- Dean Kamen’s Stirling car is an old Ford Th!nk
- Southeast electric utilities to test smart charging PHEV Priuses
- For the 2e, Aptera nabs former Saleen and Chrysler executive
- VIDEO: LincVolt is on the road and on the ‘net
- Flint, MI to produce bus fuel from sewage biogas
- New cheap car coming from Toyota under new brand?
- Hanging with Vectrix: electric scooter hits Quaker Steak and Lube ceiling
- Fisker sets up shop in Detroit
- Detroit 2009: Nissan NV2500 concept coming to NAIAS
AutoblogGreen for 11.11.08 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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