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Archive for January, 2010

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Food prices appear to be rising due to the increased demand for biodiesel . I do.

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Shawn Frayne invented an inexpensive non turbine wind generator called the wind belt.

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I was a little skeptical when I first started reading about the hydrogen car conversion, but then I decided to look for it. Nothing else was. So I started to learn how it actually works, and that a scientific type of guy, …

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Why can solar energy be not used everywhere? Is it very expensive to tap it?

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Nissan North America manufacturing engineering and manufacturing engineering of the vehicle, said Mark Swenson, vice president of Nissan in 2012 to reduce the cost of sheet map of electric car involves the manufacture of batteries in …

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First off, design star Philippe Starck brought haute design to clean tech with two novel designs for home wind turbines. Starck’s high-profile products have made him a household name, so we’re interested to see if his latest creations kick off a trend towards “designer” … And for those with a soda habit, Takara Tomy’s cola- powered RC car is one sweet ride.

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While promising, its $125000 all-electric sports car will have limited general appeal despite great performance and a workable charging range of 250 miles.

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For those of you asking where to get the carbon dioxide – it’s a can of compressed air available from any computer hardware store. Normally used for blowing dust out of computers and keyboards etc. Maplins sell it here in the UK.

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A smart car investment can be a much better deal in the long run. Consumers are now looking at alternative fuels and hybrid vehicles in order to save money, and at the same time save the environment.Let’s look at the different kinds of hybrid electric vehicles, or HEVs, and their advantages.HEVs, apart from having a positive environmental impact, can also reduce gas costs. A regular vehicle mostly uses gas, in comparison to a regular HEV which uses mainly gas but also uses electricity.There is also another kind of hybrid, the plug-in, which has residual use of gas and but mainly uses electricity.And finally, there is the all-electric vehicle, which only uses electricity as a power source.Another hybrid innovation that one might want to consider buying or leasing is the flexible-fuel vehicle (FFV) or flex-fuel. Several models from different manufacturers in the US have already developed and applied this type of engine, where different sources of fuel can be used.Biodiesel, an alternative fuel, can also be used in diesel engines. It is a renewable fuel that can be made at home and produced domestically, practically eliminating the factor of importing gas, whose price is getting steeper and steeper nowadays.Ethanol is another alternative fuel that promotes environment-friendly benefits. It comes from different agricultural feedstocks, such as corn and switchgrass. However, since it is essentially more expensive than gasoline depending on your location, and is only available in the Midwest for now, it is not highly recommended yet.Other examples of alternative fuel are gasohol (gasoline mixed with bioethanol), hydrogen (though this is still being debated upon), and natural gas fuel (mostly methane mixed with other natural gasses).

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