I, like many Americans, would love to be able to stash away my car and in its place travel on something more environmentally friendly (not to mention less gasoline hungry). Unfortunately my distance to the workplace keeps me “chained” to the old gas-guzzler. Enter Ultra Motor and their new electric bike called the […]

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Imagine this concept: What if we had access to a material that could improve upon ionic conductivity at room temperature by a factor of some 100 million. Big deal right? Well now apply this concept to fuel economy and you’ll realize that there is some serious potential on tap here. Solid oxide […]

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We talk often of the benefits of burning ethanol over petroleum-based fuels but what of methanol? The initial benefits may not seem overwhelming but there is a major advantage that is just now being explored. Methanol production requires CO2 which is more commonly known as carbon dioxide- the stuff we exhale. There […]

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Sometimes we all need a small, but forceful, kick in the butt to get moving.
Do you think that the constantly increasing gas prices will provide that kick?
It is time for me to be a negative Nelly: It is not enough. Gas prices are still too low to shock enough people into changing how […]

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Regardless of whether or not you want to consider the current domestic economy in a state of recession, there is little debate as to which companies have been getting hit the hardest. Just today General Motors Corp reported some numbers that could make anybody a little queasy (accounting background or otherwise). GM posted […]

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