Do you have a small, gasoline-engine car that gets about 30 miles per gallon? Would you like to get about 55 miles per gallon with the same car?
Well, you soon can (at least if you have 15 inch wheels or bigger) whether your car is front, rear, or four wheel drive. That’s very good news. [...]
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Peak oil, global warming, environmental destruction, dangers from war and terrorism — it would seem we need to invest in energy security. Why don’t we?
We hear from the media that alternative renewables can only provide a small portion of the energy we need, and it’s not reliable. Solar power can only be generated when the [...]
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Two new scientific studies (University of Minnesota and Princeton) show that “if the full emissions costs of producing these fuels are taken into account . . . . They cause more greenhouse gasses than conventional fuels.”
The studies do hold out hope for the ‘second-generation’ biofuels such as switch grass grown on waste land, and algae [...]
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