Alternative Fuels

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Alternative Fuels: - Substitutes for traditional liquid, oil-derived motor vehicle fuels like gasoline and diesel. Includes mixtures of alcohol-based fuels with gasoline, methanol, ethanol, compressed natural gas, and others.
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Alternative Energy Trends and Implications for GCC Countries ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Daily Star - Lebanon,This would only change if in the very long run alternative fuels or new technologies would be developed (eg hydrogen generated from renewable energy or

Alternative Fuels - Save The Environment :: ebook  -  04 Aug 2008
PRLog.Org (press release),Consumers must be armed with the knowledge of alternative fuels so that they can make the educated choice to use them. The oil companies aren't going to

Lyons, Neb., Devoted to Alternative Energy  -  04 Aug 2008
istockAnalyst.com,The facility is envisioned as an example of the process necessary for the cultivation of alternative fuels. It will house numerous projects,

Pelosi's oil slick  -  04 Aug 2008
The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau,...range of options from the use of renewable energy sources to new alternative fuels to conservation so long as they can get a vote on offshore drilling.

Drill for more oil  -  04 Aug 2008
Chicago Tribune,The run-up in prices has also accelerated talk about alternative fuels. Those ideas have been percolating for years, though they got a welcome boost

Tall City Resident Creates Alternative Fuel Processing Machine  -  04 Aug 2008
NewsWest9.com,One big goal, finding alternative fuels everyone can use. "I feel like I hit it just at the right time, I've being doing for five years and it's being a

LPG Is Key as Hyundai Drives  -  04 Aug 2008
Wall Street JournalFor investors with a sense of adventure in the fast-moving business of alternative fuels, analysts say shares in several other companies are worth a look as

Obama: Tap nation's oil reserve to help gas prices  -  04 Aug 2008
The Associated Press...a group of Republican and Democratic senators to permit drilling while supporting an effort to convert most vehicles to alternative fuels in 20 years.

US Cleantech Investment Climbs 41% in 2nd Quarter of 2008 to ...  -  04 Aug 2008
MarketWatchThe third largest segment this quarter was Alternative Fuels, which comprised 13% of the overall US cleantech market. The segment, made up entirely of

Obama to speak about energy plan in Lansing  -  04 Aug 2008
DetNews.com,But more recently the Democrat has said he might accept offshore drilling as part of a bipartisan package that includes stepping up use of alternative fuels

Zimbabwe: Tread on Biofuels Cautiously  -  04 Aug 2008
AllAfrica.com,...of agro-fuel crops, particularly jatropha, in most countries in Southern Africa as governments join in the growing movement towards alternative fuels.

SAVING THE PLANET Bermuda should be a role model for other island ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Royal Gazette,By reducing our carbon dioxide emissions, adopting new technology and alternative fuels, and by becoming more environmentally-conscious consumers,

Alternative fuels 'risk disaster'  -  Jul 28, 2008
Scotsman,By Emily Beament A DRIVE to get oil from unconventional fossil fuel sources in the face of soaring prices could have catastrophic effects on the Earth's

One in Seven Anheuser-Busch Beers Will Be Brewed Using Alternative ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
MarketWatchST. LOUIS, July 30, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- More than five billion 12-oz. servings of beer -- or about one in seven beers brewed by Anheuser-Busch

Obama Says He Would Agree to Some Drilling  -  Aug 2, 2008
New York Times,...in the Gulf of Mexico in exchange for stripping oil companies of tax breaks and extending several tax credits to spur the search for alternative fuels.

RESEARCH ALERT-Lehman downgrades US alternative-fuels sector  -  Jul 28, 2008
Reuters UK,July 28 (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers downgraded US alternative-fuels sector to "negative" from "neutral," saying margins for ethanol producers will continue

Staying power for alternative energy?  -  Jul 31, 2008
Chicago Tribune,..."It's almost impossible to make alternative fuels compete when oil goes down to $30 a barrel," said Bolsen, the Coskata executive.

Gov. Crist pushes for alternative fuels  -  Jul 31, 2008
ABC Action News,TAMPA, FL -- With the price of gas hovering around the $4 mark and oil companies making record profits, Governor Charlie Crist may have a plan to lower the

Ahead of the Bell: Lehman cuts alternative fuels  -  Jul 28, 2008
Forbes,AP 07.28.08, 8:42 AM ET A Lehman Brothers analyst downgraded the alternative fuels sector and two ethanol stocks Monday, saying a fall in corn prices has

EDITORIAL: Conservation and Alternative Fuels Can Ease Our Oil ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
istockAnalyst.com,By La Crosse Tribune, Wis. Jul. 30--Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens created a stir recently when he suggested that we can't "drill our way out" of our

Florida Governor Promotes Alternative Fuels  -  Jul 31, 2008
Domestic Fuel,Florida Governor Charlie Crist spoke to a group of over 450 gathered for the third annual Florida Farm to Fuel summit in Orlando Thursday, following an

Alternative fuels: No silver bullet to ease gas crunch  -  Jul 24, 2008
MarketWatchBy Russ Britt, MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - When it comes to known alternatives to fossil fuels to move America, the list is long - and it may

Homeowners warm up to alternative fuels  -  Jul 27, 2008
Baltimore Sun,AP PARIS, Maine - Mark Bancroft's new pellet-burning furnace hasn't been installed, but he's already counting how much money he'll save after dropping his

Australian oil production has peaked: report  -  Jul 21, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Oil production in Australia has already peaked and the alternative fuels industry needs to be dramatically ramped up in response, an expert research group

One kit fits all?  -  Jul 31, 2008
Bangkok Post,..."You don't see immediate damage when using alternative fuels, which is why you see such a company trying to dupe the public by suggesting engine-tuning as a

CONFUSION surrounding alternative fuels and related technologies ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
ic Liverpool,A YouGov Plc survey commissioned by MINI found that diesel-powered cars are thought to be way behind hybrid models for cleanliness.

Shell's new president planning for future  -  Aug 3, 2008
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com,And "as world demand continues to rise, there's a case that can be made that says even with all those (alternative) fuels, we still can't keep up.

City may test alternative fuels  -  Jul 30, 2008
The Huntsville Times - al.com,By STEVE DOYLE Huntsville could soon join the growing list of US cities to embrace cleaner-burning alternative fuels and hybrid engines.

Quest for alternative fuels starts with an engine at Argonne ...  -  Jul 20, 2008
Chicago Tribune,By Ted Gregory | Chicago Tribune reporter In a bright corner of a nondescript Argonne National Laboratory building, five engineers are tinkering with a

San Diego station is in the fast lane with alternative fuels  -  Jul 18, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Pearson Fuels in San Diego seemingly has it all when it comes to standard and alternative fuels for cars and trucks. From electricity to charge batteries to

Alternative Energy Technology Center, Inc. Effects Name Change ...  -  Aug 2, 2008
FOXBusinessThe Alternative Fuels business model of AETE is structured around the development, construction and deployment of complete Fleet Mobile Vertically

Endesa prioritises Ireland, could bring alternative fuels  -  Jul 29, 2008
Environmental Data Interactive,Spanish utilities giant Endesa has said it might change oil-powered stations in Ireland it has agreed to buy to other fuels. The company, which has agreed a

Rising demand for Alternative Fuels  -  Jul 29, 2008
Auto Industry,BCA has issued a report examining the relative price performance of petrol, diesel and alternative powered cars in view of the prevalent economic conditions

Alternative fuels taxes may be scrapped to fight inflation  -  Jul 17, 2008
The Australian,NEW taxes on alternative fuels including LPG could be delayed or scrapped by the Rudd Government under a compensation deal to balance the inflationary

Police "go green" with electric scooters, alternative-fuels cruisers  -  Jul 28, 2008
South Coast Today,JOHN SLADEWSKI/The Standard-Times New Bedford Police Sgt. Jill Simmons, left, and Officer Christian Gomes ride down Pleasant Street on the department’s new

Pickens, Democrats agree in calling for alternative fuels  -  Jul 19, 2008
Dallas Morning News,By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – T. Boone Pickens says he's ready to give up partisan politics if it means weaning the country off

Find alternative fuels, don't drill more  -  Jul 18, 2008
Arizona Republic,Let's pretend that if Congress and the president opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and our coasts for drilling that it would not take five years to

Aviation industry examines alternative fuels  -  Jul 13, 2008
International Herald Tribune,Against that background, the aviation industry is scrambling to improve fuel efficiency, in part by researching alternative fuels. At a meeting in Geneva in

Don't change energy-saving habits when prices dip  -  Aug 2, 2008
Bloomington Pantagraph,The higher prices also are spurring interest in alternative fuels and vehicles that can use them. The higher oil prices go, the more cost-effective some

Project Helps Reduce Regional Energy Shortage and Use of Fossil Fuels  -  Jul 31, 2008
MarketWatch...of specialty fuels, including flare gas and coal mine gas or alternative fuels like biogas, landfill gas, wood gas, sewage gas and industrial waste gas.

US Ag secretary: Go with green fuel, but drill now  -  Jul 31, 2008
Forbes,While the nation should seek more domestic oil, Crist said Florida can play a role in alternative fuels with wind, solar and nuclear power, as well as using

Increasing demand for alternative fuels, hybrid cars  -  Jul 25, 2008
Netcars,There is an increasing demand for alternative fuels and hybrid cars in the British motor market at the moment, it has been reported.

Referendum process now being used by wealthy  -  Jul 27, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,In California, Pickens is behind the campaign for Proposition 10, which would provide subsidies for alternative fuels – with a strong tilt toward natural

Attendance is up six percent for American Le Mans Series race in ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Autochannel (press release)With more and more consumers educating themselves about energy independence and alternative fuels, the American Le Mans Series' position as the global

SENATE GROUP DECLARES ENERGY PROPOSALS  -  Aug 1, 2008
Pine Bluff Commercial,Renewing tax credits and increasing money for research and development of alternative fuels like ethanol and biodiesel. — Authorizing tax credits and

Panelists: Alternative fuels need government push  -  Jul 24, 2008
Casper Star-Tribune Online,By PHIL WHITE LARAMIE -- Governments at all levels need to spur development of alternative fuels such as hydrogen to reduce greenhouse gases and foster

Fact Sheet: Committed to Cleaner, More Abundant Domestic Energy  -  Jul 29, 2008
MarketWatchThe President and his Administration have worked to expand the use of alternative fuels and raise fuel efficiency standards, as well as investing in new

Holden to look at alternative fuels  -  Jul 7, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Car producer Holden will look to a range of alternative technologies to combat escalating fuel prices, chairman and managing director Mark Reuss says.

Business Digest  -  Jul 29, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,Shares of Headwaters Inc., a South Jordan-based alternative fuels company, jumped as much as 22 percent after third-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates

BA and Rolls-Royce test alternative fuels  -  Jul 22, 2008
Travel Counsellors,An extensive scientific test programme to evaluate the commercial and practical suitability of alternative fuels for the aviation industry has been launched




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