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Topic: Alternative Fuel Vehicles

  
Hjálmar Árnason
CHANGE AGENTS   |  17 comments

Hotbed

BY Michael Fitzgerald
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 19, 2008 at 2:38 PM

A trip to the steaming, bubbling badlands of Iceland proves one thing: There is hope for hydrogen.READ»

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AT&T   |  Comment

AT&T Adding 15,000 Alt-Fuel Vehicles to its Fleet

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Mar 11, 2009 at 3:47 PM

AT&T, the bastion of telecommunications and...alternative fuel? The telecommunications giant is securing its transportation future by spending $565 million over the next 10 years for 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles-- the ...READ»

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BIODIESEL   |  1 comment

Dissolving Styrofoam in Biodiesel Makes Better Fuel

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon May 4, 2009 at 9:34 AM

In terms of environmental impact, biodiesel fuel is nicer than "ordinary" diesel. Meanwhile, styrofoam is a nasty, non-biodegradable packaging material. Now, like a scene from Back to the Future made real, scientists have ...READ»

CHANGE AGENTS   |  6 comments

Is Bacteria Fuel the Next Big Thing?


Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 6:05 PM

While LS9’s research seems promising, bacteria fuel will have some competition to become the fuel of the future. Here’s a look at how it compares with three other major players among alternative fuels. READ»

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FUELL CELL   |  Comment

Forget Electric Cars: The Hydrogen Road Rally Starts Today

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue May 26, 2009 at 8:00 AM

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are often criticized for being energy inefficient, but that hasn't stopped the annual Hydrogen Road Tour from demonstrating the capabilities of fuel cell-equipped cars. The annual rally spans over 1,700 ...READ»

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SOLARIX   |  Comment

Solarix Sustainer: A Biodiesel Conversion System for the Survivalist

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jun 3, 2009 at 1:53 PM

European biodiesel company Solarix has created what may be a sustainable powerhouse for rural areas: the Sustainer, a "power box" in a 20-foot container frame that converts oil-bearing crops and seeds into edible oil ...READ»

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CHANGE AGENTS   |  74 comments

Motorhead Messiah

BY Clive Thompson
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:24 AM

Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him?READ»

ECO   |  Comment

Biodiesel Revisited

BY JD Carr
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Aug 20, 2009 at 9:47 PM

America is a commuter society. Each and every day millions of Americans hop into cars, trucks, and sports utility vehicles and begin their daily commute. We begin and end our work days amidst the traffic jams, exhaust fumes, ...READ»

Fish and Chips
BIODIVERSITY   |  Comment

Biodiesel an Energetic Business in Britain

BY Anya Kamenetz
Relevancy Score: 85
Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 10:21 AM

In Britain, small mom-and-pop shops are thriving by selling filtered used cooking oil as biodiesel for cars. They can sell the fuel at a discount to regular diesel because they get the grease free from fish-and-chips shops and other ...READ»

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CHICKEN SALAD   |  1 comment

Chicken Feather Biofuel Something to Cluck About

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 78
Fri Jul 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM

Chicken feather meal--a mix of processed chicken feathers, blood and innards--is one of the nastiest byproducts of the poultry processing industry. The 11 billion pounds of feather meal that pile up in the United States each year are ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  1 comment

Green Power

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 77
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:48 AM

Thanks to soaring fuel prices, lots of creative energy is being applied to alternative energy. The time may finally have come for these three champions of on-the-verge technologies.READ»

Robert Walsh and Steve del Cardayré
CHANGE AGENTS   |  9 comments

Fueling The Future

BY Elizabeth Svoboda
Relevancy Score: 69
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 6:05 PM

The oil well of tomorrow may be in a California lab full of genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria.READ»

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP   |  10 comments

10 Biofuels Companies You Need to Know About

BY Francine Hardaway
Relevancy Score: 65
Sat Apr 25, 2009 at 3:58 PM

When I became involved in the American Biofuels Council three years ago, the push for biofuels was at its highest point in the technology hype cycle. Now, in Arizona, under the aegis of the Desert Biofuels Initiative, a non-profit ...READ»

Kenan Samms
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Old Often Becomes New

BY Tatsuya Nakagawa
Relevancy Score: 62
Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 11:38 AM

Originality is overrated. Engineers are often told in engineering schools that a good design typically consists of 45% duplication, 45% slight modification and 10% originality. Those who follow this principle benefit from the ...READ»

Kenan Samms
CLIMATE CHANGE   |  Comment

A Green Investment Strategy for 2009

BY Terry Tamminen
Relevancy Score: 62
Fri Jan 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM

As we approach the only night of the year when we can sing “Auld Lang Syne” and pretend to know the meaning of the words, our investments are likely to be high on the list of things about 2008 we’d like to forget. So if zero ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Innovation: Old Often Becomes New


Relevancy Score: 60
Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 4:03 PM

Originality is overrated. Engineers are often told in engineering schools that a good design typically consists of 45% duplication, 45% slight modification and 10% originality. Those who follow this principle benefit from the ...READ»

SUSTAINABILITY   |  11 comments

"Pimp My Ride" Goes Green with Governor Schwarzenegger

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 59
Fri Apr 20, 2007 at 3:09 PM

With a little help from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, MTV and the "Pimp My Ride" crew prove that going green can get extreme. As part of a very special Earth Day episode airing April 22nd at 1 pm ET/PT, Governor ...READ»

CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION   |  Comment

A Mushroom in Your Tank?

BY Jennifer Alsever
Relevancy Score: 55
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:13 AM

Taking stock of the latest in alternative-fuel strategies.READ»

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS   |  5 comments

Waste Coffee Grounds Make Great Biofuel

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 51
Fri Dec 12, 2008 at 5:29 AM

As well as being the early morning fuel for billions of office workers, researchers have discovered that coffee, in the form of spent grounds, makes a pretty decent biofuel. The Nevada-based team recently pointed out that one barrier...READ»

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ENTERTAINMENT   |  Comment

Now February


Relevancy Score: 48
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 6:05 PM

A calendar of events this month.READ»

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BAMBOO TAXI   |  1 comment

Bamboo Taxis Arrive in Philippines Town

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 46
Wed Jul 8, 2009 at 2:18 PM

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/ariel-schwartz/sustainability/bamboo-taxis-arrive-philippines-town'; digg_skin = 'compact'; We've written about bamboo bikes before, but the Philippines rice farming town of ...READ»

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NASA   |  8 comments

NASA Coaxes Biofuel From Bags of Sewage

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 46
Tue May 12, 2009 at 4:53 PM

There are lots of creative ways to produce biofuel from algae, but NASA's takes the cake. The space agency is growing biofuel in plastic bags of sewage floating in the sea. The Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae (OMEGA) ...READ»

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ELECTRIC CARS   |  Comment

A Green Pimp My Ride: Ree-V Converts Cars to Electric

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 45
Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 12:26 PM

If you want your car converted to run on biodiesel or vegetable oil, there are plenty of places to turn--conversion kits are available for the DIY crowd, and the less mechanically-inclined can have professionals give their car ...READ»

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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY   |  Comment

Interstate 5: The Alternative Energy Highway

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 45
Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 1:48 PM

Highways are currently dotted with gasoline fueling stations, but the highways of the future might be surrounded by alternative energy fueling stations . The first green highway may not even be that far away from reality, as the ...READ»

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HYDROGEN ECONOMY   |  7 comments

Why Is the Auto Industry Spending Billions on Hydrogen-Powered Wishful Thinking?

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 44
Fri Sep 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM

Everyday, it seems, we hear about another electric vehicle start-up with plans to revolutionize the auto industry. And with companies like Coulomb Technologies and Better Place slowly expanding their networks of EV charging and ...READ»

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