According to the US Department of Energy, the greatest potential to revolutionize the transportation industry lies not within ethanol, bio-diesel, electric, or flex fuel engines but rather through hydrogen: The simplest and most abundant element in...
Author - tj
- alternative energy
- Biofuel
- eco friendly
- environment
- ethanol
- Food
- fuels
- Renewable energy
- transportation
Ethanol Production: Not Just a Corn Thing
When thinking of ethanol, often the first association that comes to mind in terms of raw production is corn. However, it turns out that a wide variety of organic materials can, if properly treated, provide the source material required to produce a...
In April of this year the Secretary of Transportation (Mary E. Peters) proposed an interesting plan: She calls for an acceleration of last year’s Congress enacted CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards by a whopping 25%. For those...
- alternative energy
- Biofuel
- electric cars
- ethanol
- fuels
- hybrid cars
- Sustainable Development
- transportation
Competition Encourages Forward Thinking
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. ...
In case it’s been a while since you took a course in literature, allow me to refresh you on the concept of irony- in literature irony can defined as an unexpected twist in the story. In reality we find perhaps the greatest example of irony...
