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NASA Administrator Bolden Highlights Importance of Green Aviation to Future of NASA

Green Car Congress

The Green Aviation Summit is highlighting the depth and breadth of NASA’s work to develop aviation technologies that are designed to make air transportation cleaner and quieter for the environment, with fewer delays for travelers. Examples of green technology NASA has developed in the past include winglets and chevrons.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Green Car Congress

Diesel fuel components, including n-heptane, iso-octane, decalin and alpha-methyl naphthalene (AMN). Alternative fuel components, including ethanol, butanol, bio-diesel components and methyl esthers. Jet fuel critical components: toluene and decalin. Additive components such as ETBE. Soot pre-cursor PAH mechanisms.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

will become less common over the next 10-years and that a mix of alternative fuel vehicles including electric, biofuel, hydrogen and solar will and is now seeing tremendous market growth. " Without researching the technology & engineering thoroughly, I think hydrogen fuel cells are a possible alternate.