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.
“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.”
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States may not top one million until 2020, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Thursday, showing purchases have fallen well below President Obama’s goal of reaching that number by 2015.
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.
ISIS was making $40 million a month on oil alone in early 2015, according to the U.S. Treasury. Now, it’s making only a fraction of that, according to the State Department.
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.
Low oil prices are rattling global markets and destabilizing economies around the world. They are also posing one of the first big tests to the United States banking system since the financial crisis.
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Why isn’t the 2016 Chevy Volt a flex-fuel plug-in hybrid that can use E85?
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.
EVs are the future*
/in Economy, Over a Barrel Blog ntaft, staff /by Fuel Freedom Staff*But what if we can’t reach the future in time?
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Unique farm cooks up alternative fuel solutions
“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.”
U.S. may not hit one million electric vehicles until 2020: official
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States may not top one million until 2020, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Thursday, showing purchases have fallen well below President Obama’s goal of reaching that number by 2015.
The real story behind SB 350
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.
Oil losses prompt ISIS to cut fighters’ salaries in half
ISIS was making $40 million a month on oil alone in early 2015, according to the U.S. Treasury. Now, it’s making only a fraction of that, according to the State Department.
Oil prices: What’s behind the drop? Simple economics
The cause is the plunging price of a barrel of oil, which has been cut roughly by more than 60 percent since the June 2014.
2015 confirmed as hottest year on record, and by widest margin
Scientists have confirmed that 2015 was the hottest year yet recorded, smashing the previous record, which was set in 2014.
Company executive blames decade-old oil leak on ‘act of God’
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.
Oil market tests banks’ ability to weather losses
Low oil prices are rattling global markets and destabilizing economies around the world. They are also posing one of the first big tests to the United States banking system since the financial crisis.