News tagged with energy economy
Declining energy quality could be root cause of current recession
An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the U.S. is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation's energy supply, often measured as the amount of energy we get out for a given energy input, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2010 |
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US finalizes new auto fuel economy standards
The US government Thursday finalized new automobile fuel economy standards starting with 2012 models, a move officials said would save billions of barrels of oil and reduce greenhouse emissions.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 01, 2010 |
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NREL Evaluates UPS Hybrid-Electric Van Performance
(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS’s first generation hybrid diesel ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Engineering Professors Develop Electric Hybrid Vehicle Concept for RV Travelers
While the cost of fuel has put a damper on the travel plans of many Americans, one father-son engineering duo with a passion for RV travel is combating the problem by conceptualizing an electric-hybrid passenger ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 14, 2009 |
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'Green-collar' jobs ruffled by recession, but may rebound
"Green-collar" hiring took a hit during the current recession, but may accelerate beyond its 1998-2007 growth rate of about 9 percent a year -- more than double the 3.7 percent growth rate for traditional jobs.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis
Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe’s next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s
(PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 05, 2009 |
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Obama calls for new era of energy exploration
(AP) -- President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a "new era of energy exploration in America" would ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Green car makers urged to go a step further
Four international bodies on Wednesday called on governments and car makers to halve global vehicle emissions by 2050 as the auto industry insisted it was serious about producing greener vehicles.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 04, 2009 |
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