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Category Archives: Fuel
Vegetable oil carries RV down the road
His website is @: FeedMyWheels.com
Josh Winston is a self-described problem solver. From his spacious office on the seventh floor of a high-rise building in Bethesda, Maryland, he fills out tax returns and keeps the books balanced for a number of his accounting clients.
“Everything on the left always equals everything on the right. For math-oriented [...]
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Lab makes renewable diesel fuel from E. coli poop
Source: CNN.com
Fossil fuels that keep our planet running — oil, natural gas and coal — were created from the decomposition of plants, plankton and other organic material over millions of years.A California lab has developed genetically altered bacteria that eat sugars and excrete a form of diesel oil.
A California lab has developed genetically altered bacteria [...]
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National speed limit pushed as gas saver
Via: CNN.com
An influential Republican senator suggested Thursday that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and possibly ease fuel prices.Sen. John Warner has asked the Energy Department at what speeds vehicles would be most fuel efficient.
Sen. John Warner has asked the Energy Department at what speeds vehicles would be [...]
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BRIQUETTE PRESSES FOR ALTERNATE FUEL USE
An interesting resource on making briquettes.
Via: EchoTech.org (PDF)
Briquettes made from materials that cost little or no money to obtain, such as old newspaper or partially decomposed plant waste, can be an alternate fuel to charcoal, firewood or coal, and may cost less. Depending on materials used to make the briquettes, they may burn cleaner than [...]
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Oil spill in Red Butte Creek threatens waters, wildlife