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Competition Encourages Forward Thinking

June 9, 2008

In 1978 gasoline was selling for .63 cents a gallon and forward thinkers had decided then to create an annual competition that would pit college and university teams against each other in design, construction, and endurance of open-wheel race cars. This competition was (and still is) known as the Formula SAE and while 30 years [...]

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Cars and carbon emissions

December 20, 2007

Two good news related to cars and their significant role in carbon emissions came out yesterday. The first was the proposal announced yesterday in Brussels by the European Union to force car makers to meet the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 120 grams per kilometer (192 grams per mile) by 2012. EU officials [...]

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Senate to Raise Auto Fuel Standard

June 22, 2007

The Senate is currently voting to approve a proposal to raise the fuel economy standard to 35 miles per gallon. However there are still too many senators who are sympathetic of the automobile industry, who want the lower the propose mileage set to 30 miles per gallon. If approved, we do hope: Related Posts:No Related [...]

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Butanol: The Next Generation Bio-Fuel

June 8, 2007

Although the science behind this newly found bio-fuel is not fully complete and ready to implement, butanol leaves us with a hope greater than that of ethanol. But what is butanol? When speaking of it as a bio-fuel, it is an alchol based fuel that, at 85% strength, can be used without any changes to [...]

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Subaru: Is it my next car?

June 6, 2007

It seems like Subaru is working on a green ad campaign. And it is successful as far as I am concerned. I am ready to buy one. They have their factory on an wildlife refuge. There is almost no trash since they recycle as much as they can. And they have high mpg safe cars. [...]

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