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Fuel Freedom Staff

Is the transportation fuels market shifting away from oil?

July 22, 2016/in Economy, Over a Barrel Blog mgattenyo, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

When you hear the word fuel, the word “oil” probably immediately comes to mind. For years, oil has been the dominant transportation fuel, but according to a new report by the firm Lux Research, the market is beginning to shift away from the commodity. Read more →

Landon Hall

Volkswagen has emissions-cheating fix ready

July 22, 2016
Source: The Associated Press
/in Environment, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Volkswagen’s plan to fix most of its 2-liter diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests includes a computer software update and a larger catalytic converter to trap harmful nitrogen oxide, according to two dealers who were briefed by executives on the matter.

Landon Hall

OPEC member plots big oil comeback

July 22, 2016
Source: CNN Money
/in What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

One of the biggest mysteries in the oil market resides in the war-torn nation of Libya.

Landon Hall

The fastest road-legal EV car ever is an Enfield from the ’70s

July 21, 2016
Source: Top Gear
/in What's The Buzz, World lhall /by Landon Hall

Move over Tesla, the 1970s is here and it wants its legacy back. The headline isn’t wrong; the car above really is the fastest road-legal electric vehicle in the world.

Landon Hall

Oil prices set to peak sooner than expected on supply shortage, Barclays says

July 21, 2016
Source: CNBC
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

The bank said it now sees oil prices averaging $85 a barrel by 2019, slightly higher than its prior view and one year ahead of its last assessment in October.

Landon Hall

Enbridge hit with a $177M bill for Michigan, Illinois oil spills

July 21, 2016
Source: The Detroit Free Press
/in What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge has reached a $177-million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency over 2010 oil spills in Marshall and Romeoville, Ill.

Landon Hall

Tobacco and oil industries used same researchers to sway public

July 21, 2016
Source: Scientific American
/in Economy, What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Oil companies bristle at the comparison. But overlap between both industries existed as early as the 1950s, new research details.

Landon Hall

Poll: When it comes to ethanol, U.S. drivers don’t really care

July 21, 2016
Source: Reuters
/in What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

U.S. farming and oil lobbies have spent over a decade battling over a government program that requires that renewable fuels are blended with gasoline, but a recent survey showed motorists largely don’t know or care what goes into their gas tanks.

Fuel Freedom Staff

Get your EV kicks on Route 66

July 21, 2016/in Environment, Over a Barrel Blog mgattenyo, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Nat King Cole sang it first. Depeche Mode sang it New-Waviest. According to the lyrics of the famous Bobby Troup-penned song “Route 66,” which turns 70 this year, it was the best highway around, and people could get their kicks on it. But did you know the iconic highway is going green? Read more →

Landon Hall

How renewable energy is blowing climate change efforts off course

July 20, 2016
Source: The New York Times
/in What's The Buzz lhall /by Landon Hall

Is the global effort to combat climate change, painstakingly agreed to in Paris seven months ago, already going off the rails?

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