Andrew Jones, the roads minister, said sales of ultra-low emissions vehicles (ULEVs) were “rocketing”, with 28,188 new ULEV cars on the road in 2015 – almost double the number in 2014, and more than the previous five years combined.
A couple of readers who are staunch biofuel advocates have asked why the 2016 Chevy Volt isn’t capable of running its range-extending engine on non-fossil fuels. So did Fuel Freedom, which published an entire post on the question.
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“Cassava, sugar beets, sorghum, prickly pear cactus, mesquite trees, buffalo gourds, cattails,” Blume said. “These are all energy crops that can be converted into alcohol-based fuel. Distilled from sugar, it helps divert waste, is near-zero emission and is low cost.”
Simply put, the bill’s author, Senator Kevin de Leon, was forced to remove the fuels restriction language of SB 350 because working people in California drive cars to work every day.
Scientists have confirmed that 2015 was the hottest year yet recorded, smashing the previous record, which was set in 2014.
A decade-old oil leak that could last for another century was caused by an “act of God” during a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, the president of the company responsible said Wednesday.
No matter how you spin it, the business of raw sewage isn’t sexy. But in Colorado, the city of Grand Junction is making huge strides to reinvent their wastewater industry – and the result is like finding a diamond in the sludge.
Initially they will focus on a sedan fleet for various Navy and Marine Corps installations within the State of California. A Tesla Model S for every general?
When Beijing issues a red alert closing schools and restricting traffic because air pollution is ten times the World Health Organization’s recommended level, it seems like another symptom of modern life.
