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The Next Alternative Fuel Might Be a Matter of Fecal

Every time you use the bathroom, you could be flushing away a potentially great source of energy. At least, that’s what AMEC, a Canadian firm, believes. They are striving to capture human excrement...

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Food, Then Fuel for Thought: Turkeys Considered as an Alternative Energy Source

The ongoing, meandering quest, à la Lord of the Rings, to find the best alternative energy to supplant the world’s finite supply of fossil fuel really brings the whack jobs with a lot of startup...

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Answering the Age-Old Question: How Many Tequila Shots Does it Take to Get...

If you’re searching for alternative ethanol energy, you needn’t look any further than your own backyard… or Tanzania. Biofuels from non-food sources – from agave cacti grown in the desert lands of...

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Gas Prices As A Political Tool

Gas prices are on the rise again.  Today’s national average price for regular gasoline is $3.92/gallon. For American drivers, this is nothing but the same old story: gas prices rise and fall all the...

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A Better Place… For Electric Vehicles

In an earlier post I mentioned that electric vehicles alone are not the solution, but must be coupled with a new, clean-energy grid in order to maximize both efficiency and practicality.  Fortunately,...

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Car App Goes Green… Uber Green!

Uber, a San Francisco start-up that offers an app allowing potential riders to summon a luxury sedan with a tap of their phone, will offer a hybrid car option starting this week. In an effort to...

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Resurgence of the Bicycle

“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them.  Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car...

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Studying Sandy: Turning the Tide on Climate Change

Hurricane Sandy gave us a good shellacking, no doubt.  But now that power has returned to the Northeast, allowing for a slow but steady road to recovery, we can forget about those dismal three weeks...

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California Spurs Electric Cars: WSJ article

Fiat 500e battery-powered car “Chrysler Group LLC next week plans to unveil an unusual automobile—an electric car that doesn’t stand a chance soon of turning a profit and is unlikely to draw many...

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Tesla’s Sales Continue to Surge

Tesla is on fire, both literally and figuratively. Nearly two years after the class-defining Model S sedan hit showrooms, Tesla has narrowed its losses tremendously, while continuing to see sales...

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