Archive for the ‘Alternative Fuels’ Category

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Well, I guess I'm on a bit of an environmental kick the last couple of days.  Last night I watched An Inconvenient Truth which I followed up tonight by watching Who Killed the Electric Car?, a look at what happened to the electric cars produced in the late 1990s and ...

Air Powered Cars?

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

I guess hybrid technology, E85 Ethanol and hydrogen aren't the only viable options to help reduce our dependence on oil in order to get to and from in our cars.  It turns out that down the road (no pun intended) you may be "fueling" your car with air. According to a report ...

Is OPEC Lowering Prices to Hurt Alternative Fuels?

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

It appears that the conspiracy theorists are at it again, this time claiming that the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has a vested interest in keeping oil prices relatively low as a way to thwart money leaving oil and going towards new alternative fuels. According to Fox News, part of ...

Adapter Allows Any Vehicle to Run on Ethanol

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

It now appears there may be a new reason E85 Ethanol fuel may actually be able to catch on in the United States, as a Brazilian company is about to begin selling an adapter that would allow gas burning vehicles to run exclusively on E85 Ethanol fuel. ABCesso Technology's product is ...

Solar and Wind Powered Car?

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

When it comes to creating alternative energy vehicles, it looks like some people are getting pretty creative. For example, take the Venturi Eclectic, a car that is driven by an electric motor that is powered by the sun and the wind.  If for some reason it's a particularly cloudy day and ...