In the local Richmond paper, on the front page it has a heartening graph showing that conservation is the best alternative energy. For January, February, March and April, there were 461 million vehicle miles that were NOT driven as compared to 2007...
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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...
Here is what I have noticed in the past week as gas as hit the $4 mark. I see more guys in business clothes on scooters with a funky helmet. I see more parents with their kids walking to the store. I see more cars with their windows down even in the...
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...
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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. ...
