fuel choice Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Fuel Freedom Foundation

Posts

Biofuels from woody plants and grasses instead of the corn and sugarcane

October 28, 2014/in Environment, What's The Buzz /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Scientists are using biotechnology to chip away at barriers to producing biofuels from woody plants and grasses instead of the corn and sugarcane used to make ethanol. NC State’s Forest Biotechnology Group, which has been responsible for several research milestones published this year, summed up biofuel research progress and challenges for a special issue of the Plant Biotechnology Journal.

The battle between gas and electric cars isn’t new

October 27, 2014/in Environment, Featured, What's The Buzz /by Fuel Freedom Staff

In the late 1800s, the Studebaker company was the world’s largest manufacturer of wagons and buggies. When the company began making automobiles, they chose to power their engines with electricity, not gasoline. Read more at: Tulsa World

PUMP The Movie: Coverage weekend opening in Atlanta

October 27, 2014/in FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

PUMP Review
Last One to Leave the Theater Blog
The film does an excellent job of showing how much our economy is dependent on oil, but the film isn’t all about bad news.

PUMP Review
Outtakes Atlanta
The American relationship with oil is tricky, to say the least. Demand is high, and has been for decades, but it’s not exactly popular. Pump looks to take this contradiction and suggest alternatives.

“PUMP – How, When and Why to End Our Oil Reliance
Kids First!
Riveting! This film examines the story of oil addiction in America. The question is, do we have a choice of fuel?

“Pump”
Kids First!
[Video] Kid Critic review by Keefer Blakeslee

PUMP
Medium Rare
Pump begins as a secret history, taking on shades of a conspiratorial thriller, before concluding as a kind of glossy propaganda pitch for every American’s right to energy independence.

Pump The Movie is a Real Gas So Get Out to See It at Frida Cinema TONIGHT!

October 23, 2014/in FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Our big sistah paper in NYC, Village Voice, called Pump the Movie a “compelling and cogent documentary,” so since it ends its one-week run at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana tonight, get on over and see it (at 7:30 or 9:15 p.m.).

PUMP – Special Screening with Q&A presented by Fuel Freedom Foundation

October 13, 2014/in Environment, Featured, FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana is proud to bring you an eye-opening investigation into the United States’ problematic love affair with fossil fuels. Husband and wife team Joshua and Rebecca Harrell Tickell’s Pump is an exciting presentation of both long- and short-term solutions to our nation’s current oil addiction. The film seeks to explore what real individuals can do to make necessary change in their communities, approaching issues from the level of real human beings.

Former Shell Exec: American Energy Could Save the Economy

October 10, 2014/in FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Town Hall

From 2005 to 2008, John Hofmeister ran the U.S. operations for Royal Dutch Shell. Then he turned 60. The Dutch have a cultural thing about 60. John said it roots back to post-WWII, when too many “older” folk were clinging to their jobs, so the unemployment rate among the youth was unacceptably high.

“PUMP” Movie Getting Good Reviews

October 10, 2014/in FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Domestic Fuel

A new documentary film that explores the history of the American fueling infrastructure and how it has led to today’s oil-dominated market, which features some ethanol industry figures, is being well received by critics and viewers alike.

‘Pump’: Beating the (oil) drum for change

October 9, 2014/in FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Chicago Tribune

You might say husband-and-wife documentarians Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell have found their niche, or at least an obsession. The pair has made three small movies about the hazards of America’s oil addiction, and before that Joshua made two others: “Fields of Fuel” and “Fuel.”

Pump: The Movie (Screening)

October 9, 2014/in FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

Cornell University

Right now, we have the ability to change our country’s future by ending our dependence on oil. PUMP is an eye-opening movie that shows how YOU can help end our oil addiction, but you never knew it. Co-Founder, Yossie Hollander will be hosting a Q&A session after the movie.

Why Millennials May Hold the Key to Lowering Gas Prices

October 7, 2014/in Economy, Featured, FFF in the News, Media /by Fuel Freedom Staff

From Main Street.com: When Josh Tickell and his wife Rebecca Tickell bought a Prius in 2009, they took their commitment to energy efficiency one step further by installing a flex fuel kit, which is an external mini-computer that goes under the hood and allows the car to run on ethanol.