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Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?

It would HAVE to hit $20 a gallonbefore the current price of the Volt makes economic sense. But if they can shave that price down by $12k or so then it would make sense now. I'm personally routing for the latter to happen instead.At $20 a gallon the economy would...

Tags: gallon, car, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Fill your car for $1.10 a gallon?

Fill your car for $1.10 a gallon?Great Idea!This is a great idea! To think there are a lot of wood chip waste all over the world.RE: Fill your car for $1.10 a gallon?It would have been better if they just used the oil in the old plastic bmw accessories that...

Tags: gallon, car

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?

Mandatory vehicle efficiency in US?long time comingthis cap on minimum mileage should have been done a long time ago.With typical administrations saying that the money the US spends on foreign fuel from hostile nations puts more American lives at risk. Its just common sense to create a minimum cap on...

Tags: Blogging, Now Let, vehicle efficiency, blog, Mandatory vehicle efficiency, gallon

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-over

Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-overIs it really alcohol?http://www.abchomeopathy.com/r.php/Nux-vRE: Alcohol binge leaves nasty hang-overCorn-based ethanol was [b]never[/b] competitive. It was propped up by government subsidy and really was nothing more than a boondoggle with the added bonus that it also raised food prices.Ethanol itself is a less than ideal gasoline substitute...

Tags: Free trade, alcohol, biodiesel

Discussion threads 2009-01-09

Fill your car for $1.10 a gallon?

Fill your car for $1.10 a gallon?"Gas" at $1.10 per gallonFrom the days when I used to distill my owndrinking alcohol, sort of legal over here, Iasked the lady wife who is a Chemist to writeout the Sugar/alcohol conversion equation.You get half a Kg of alcohol per 1Kg of...

Tags: gallon, alcohol

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?

Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?Now that is totally cool!Thanks for the info on this. Whooda thunk? ]:)RE: Fifty million buffalo were right: will we switch to swicthgrass?Is this anything new? we have known about cellulose based ethanol and its potential for long time. The problem...

Tags: grass, corn, acre, gallon, Corn Grain

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

VeraSun to squeeze ethanol, biodiesel from same corn

VeraSun to squeeze ethanol, biodiesel from same cornDo a little basic research![pre]It takes 7.5 pounds of vegetable oil to produce a gallon of biodiesel.[/pre]You make that sound wasteful. It would be a lot less deceptive to say that "A gallon of biodiesel WEIGHS 7.5 pounds." Sloppy reporting!Biodiesel is...

Tags: biodiesel, gallon

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

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American cars giving slightly more miles per gallon

More MPG...Excellent in my book!Government controlYes, almighty Gov give me free healthcare & food stamps I want my freebies!'tis just the beginning, I thinkVery nice. I expect the MPG climb to continue, even accelerate. From what I've seen so far, the automobile manufacturers are doing a great job of paying...

Tags: Manufacturing, car, MPG

Discussion threads 2009-11-21

American cars giving slightly more miles per gallon

Since 2004 the U.S. auto fleet has been getting gradually more efficient. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Car, Mile, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-21

2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet

Photo gallery:2010 Audi A5 CabrioletThe Audi A5 is a stunningly beautiful coupe with excellent power and performance. Unfortunately, the 2010 Audi A5 Cabriolet is not that car. In an effort to please drop-top lovers, Audi cut the roof off of the A5 Coupe, an element that accounted for the majority...

Tags: Audi AG, A5 Cabriolet

Product reviews 2009-11-16

American electric motorcycle price lowered

10 yearsIt would take me ten years of riding it 14 miles to work and 14 miles back including in the cold and the rain with gas at $1.60 a gallon to pay for the cost of the bike. Those batteries generally need replacement at 2,000 charges which would be...

Tags: Engineering, motorcycle

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

2010 BMW X5 M

Photo gallery:BMW X5 MMost cars sporting BMW's vaunted M badge maintain a dual character: Clark Kent for everyday commutes and Superman for track days and weekend jaunts. But the all new 2010 BMW X5 M is more like Dr. Bruce Banner--it can never really hide the Hulk lying beneath the...

Tags: BMW AG, BMW X5, car

Product reviews 2009-11-05

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Best iPhone & iPod touch apps

It's that time of the year again! It's hard to believe, but this time last year, we only had 5,000 apps to choose from in the App Store â€" this year there's more than 85,000 apps to choose from. What a difference a year makes. Whether you're looking...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Twitter Inc., Video, Road Trip, Apple iPod Touch, App, Smart Phones, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-01

2010 Infiniti QX56

Photo gallery:2010 Infiniti QX56Compared with sporting and agile cars such as the Infiniti G37 and FX50, the 2010 Infiniti QX56 is an odd throwback, a journey into yesteryear before the first hybrids strode the earth. Built on a truck frame, it rides like a railway car. The engine, big enough...

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Product reviews 2009-10-30

Konverter - Strom Edition 1.0.0 (Mobile)

"Finding Difficult to remember all the convertion ration between different unit at your workplace, school ...," Here is a full stop for all your worries. CONVERTER, an application which helps you to perform over 40000+ different conversions between 650+ units organized in 30+ categories. Perfect when traveling abroad, in the...

Tags: Mobile, Unit, C/C++, Recruitment & Selection, Memory, Flash Memory, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-10-24

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...

Tags: methane, methanol

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Energy prices are about to permanently alter world history

Stop this alarmist nonsense, Harry. Write something about IT. Not your pathetic eco-farts.may be you should check this outhttp://www.livescience.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=LS_091013_IONTigerHydrogen powerthe use of Hydrogen to power a UAVActually...He is right. Energy prices will probably push us to use something else. Besides gas is in limited quantity so we will reach a...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, Energy-Price

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Energy prices are about to permanently alter world history

You think you pay too much for gasoline? How about $10 per gallon in Britain? If you're an American taxpayer you're buying fuel for a helluva lot more than a mere $10 per gallon. How about $400 per gallon in Afghanistan. That's...

Tags: Afghanistan, Energy Price, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Apple sees red (delicious) over grocery logo

total bs . . .There is absolutely no way that green thing resembles even remotely the Apple logo.Does this mean I'll have to pay Wonder Boy a royalty......every time I EAT an apple?The thinner Stevie Boy's body gets...the more swelled his head is getting.This is a truly pathetic attempt. :-(RE:...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Stevie-boy, Apple Inc., grocery

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Big carbon emitters fighting two wars simultaneously in America

ZDNet is a tech site.nt.To be more specific:this is a computer tech site. This is not a political forum for non-computer related rants by treehuggers and tax-increasing socialists. I am pointing out that Fuller's Gaia-licking & definitely political blogs are out of place here.And, tech will be a big part...

Tags: carbon, carbon emitter

Discussion threads 2009-10-03