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Diesel fights for traction with U.S. buyers

Just like gasoline, diesel fuel has plummeted in price since last summer after reaching almost $5 a gallon. So now that diesel goes for about $2.25, sales of diesel-powered vehicles, which almost always get better mileage ...

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created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Singapore-made biofuel to run cars in Europe, North America

Diesel made from palm oil, vegetable oil and animal fat in Singapore may soon be powering cars in Europe and North America, Finland's Neste Oil said Friday.

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Beyond oil, can Alaska be tapped as a source for renewable energy?

Alaska has massive hydro, wind, geothermal and other renewable resources, but the state's rural villages are chained to diesel and suffer oppressive energy costs they say threaten their existence. Lawmakers, energy experts ...

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created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The real cost of coal is quickly adding up

"Cheap coal" is a myth. And like all myths, we accept its wisdom without thinking.

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created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Coconuts, wind and sun to power Pacific nations

Tiny Pacific nations which are most at threat from rising seas have vowed to dump diesel and other dirty expensive fuels blamed for causing global warming and replace them with clean sources.

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

China's dream of electric car leadership elusive

(AP) -- China's leaders are finding it's a lot tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped.

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created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wind power with benefits

Which renewable energy sources should be funded in developing and emerging countries? A team of scientists headed by Tobias Schmidt from the ETH Zurich’s Department of Management, Technology and Economics ...

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created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 56 | with audio podcast

Rapid climate change threatens Asia's Rice Bowl

As Asia's monsoon season begins, leading climate specialists and agricultural scientists warned today that rapid climate change and its potential to intensify droughts and floods could threaten Asia's rice production and ...

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created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nuclear power plants can produce hydrogen to fuel the 'hydrogen economy'

The long-sought technology for enabling the fabled "hydrogen economy" — an era based on hydrogen fuel that replaces gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels, easing concerns about foreign oil and air pollution — ...

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created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

From food waste to bus fuel and biofertilizer

Banana peel, coffee grounds and other food waste will be transformed into green fuel for Oslo’s city buses starting next year. The Norwegian capital’s new biogas plant will also supply nutrient-rich ...

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hydrogen power in real life

Since 2009, a hydrogen powered street cleaning vehicle has been undergoing testing on the streets. The project is intended to take hydrogen drives out of the laboratory in order to gain experience on using ...

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created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 37

3Qs: A tankful of reasons for gas price surge

Gas prices tend to increase in the summer, but the most recent spike, which began in February and appears on track to continue through March, has caught many drivers off guard. Northeastern University news ...

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created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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