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- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
- RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Biodiesel's future
- I recently spoke with Innovation Fuels CEO John Fox. His firm already makes biodiesel at plants in Milwaukee and New York Harbor. He says next year will see a growth in bodiesel production in the U.S. The 2010 federal requirement calls for all diesel oil--heating and vehicles--to...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Refining vegetable oil into diesel fuel
- At the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Peter Bell, co-founder of Renewable Fuel Products, explains that his company's reactors are small and mobile enough to be loaded onto the back of a truck and taken wherever the waste oil is being created. They process an end product...
- Videos 2008-12-05
- California will do the diesel dole, breathe easier
- California will do the diesel dole, breathe easierClean Diesel RevolutionDiesel revolution is encouraged in two developments. The first development is the venture to achieve cleaner fuel. The second venture, on the other hand, is to promulgate tougher rules on vehicle emissionsHere is a link that might be useful: http://www.lincenergy.us
- Discussion threads 2008-11-27
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybrids
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best cars, trucks, minivans, SUVs and hybridsDon't forget the VW 'Clean Diesel' Tech!The '09 Jetta is available with VW's new 'Clean Diesel' TDI engine. I traded in my '04 TDI for an '09 model. What a step up in power and comfort!50 MPG at 55...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- VW model gets "Green Car of the Year" in Los Angeles
- The winning Jetta. Courtesy: CBS Interactive It is a VW diesel that won the award. Specifically: VW Jetta TDI. The LA Award winner was chosen by "Green Car Journal." There was a Ford Fusion in the competition. The little...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- The many faces of algae
- From biofuel to cooking oil and skin care products, algae is becoming the new go-to ingredient for a myriad of products. On a visit to Solazyme, a South San Francisco-based biotech company, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi rides in a 100 percent algae-fueled car and samples surprisingly tasty algae cooking oil...
- Videos 2008-06-27
- Car Wars in Detroit
- Car Wars in DetroitDiesel Doings at the NAIAS: It's Easy Being GreenIn Detroit, January usually means gray skies. But this January the predominant color is green, since the 2008 North American International Auto Show was seeking to answer the big question "Which shades of green auto technology are going to...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-17
- Diesel wants to be your friend
- Diesel wants to be your friendJust The Facts not Freedom Fries in Vegetable OIL original diesel fuelRudolf Diesel was born in Paris in 1858. His parents were Bavarian immigrants. Rudolf Diesel was educated at Munich Polytechnic. After graduation he was employed as a refrigerator engineer. However, his true love lay...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Diesel wants to be your friend
- Okay, folks, if you drive a car, ride in a bus, consume anything ever carried in a truck or ship, or simply are interested in questions about energy supply and greenhouse gases...pay attention. I have an acronym for you to memorize: ULSD. That's...
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- Sun's data center in a box
- Sun's data center in a boxIf it ran on Gas or Diesel and had a 30 mbps wireless backhaulIf it ran on Gas or Diesel with its own built in generator and had a 30 mbps wireless point-to-point backhaul, then we'd be cooking with a truly mobile solution.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-18
- In L.A., the hybrid is, like, so last year
- In L.A., the hybrid is, like, so last yearNot reallyThe powers that be understand chemistry and physics, which greens and their dupes don't.Biodiesel takes more energy to manufacture than you get by burning it. It's cute now because only a few are using it. Start producing it on a mass...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-06
- Powering a new generation of cars
- Powering a new generation of carsCheap Energy will not happenCall me sinical, but I don't buy into the overly romanticized notion that highly efficient cars, renewable fuels or even cold fusion itself will cause energy prices to fall (overly the long term, anyway). Regardless of how cheap it becomes for...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-02
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- X-Prize competition for ultra-efficient car speeds ahead
- X-prize competition for cars1) Ummm, shouldn't that read 5.5 "million" dollars?2) Would it be possible to add some summary of whether qualifiy cars must be in some way fewaible - for example, can travel at least 55 mph for at least 50 miles on a single charge (or what ever...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Dell finalizes $3.9 billion offer for Perot
- Dell buys PerotH.Ross and T.Boone should get together and build the NG fueling infrastructure needed to convert semi-tractors off diesel, then build and rent out a parallel power grid so there would be a way to distribute power from wind/tide farms and the excess from micro solar installations. The utilities...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Liquids from methane could be better than mere gas(oline)
- methanol from methane?Technical nonsense. Methanol is a partially burned methane, using a catalyst doesn't change that.This is only feasable if the energy liberated by the partial burning of methane to methanol is captured and used.Fuel mileage of methanol is much lower than gasoline.Straight methane as an internal combustion engine...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Can anybody here play this game?
- Socialist control over breathing...When people are out of work because they cannotafford to drive to work, use electricity I amsure everyone is going to be in financial ruinfrom lies and Oboma CZAR controlled fiasco.RE: Can anybody here play this game?Global Warming is little more than Solar Flare activity... even the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?
- Oh, ZDNet is a car site now?Harry, write something about IT.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?Yes, get a 1998 Maxima GLE and 37 mpg on trips at 70 mph.RE: Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?There was a typo in my earlier message. Yes, get...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Fuel efficient cars? Hyrbids run over competition.
- Link to a Link to a LinkHow many links much I go to to see the !@#$ing list?Seriously. I think the L.A. Times should get an "F" in site design and you should get an "F" for not linking directly to the list. American muscle - I will...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Diesel and Death 1.0 (Windows)
- Diesel and Death is an interesting racing game. Diesel as we know only use in truck or bus, seldom usual car using the diesel. And here we got a racing game, in this game you or your enemy probably will die, if he dies, then you win, if you both...
- Software downloads 2009-10-16
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