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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

Green Car Congress

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. The growth of the world’s population is putting ever-increasing demands on energy and especially fossil fuels.

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

Cars That Think

A more recent study found that, since the program coaxed farmers into using more land for corn cultivation, RFS biofuel wasn’t actually any less carbon-intensive than gasoline. Amidst a backdrop of rising fuel prices, the Biden administration might bring the RFS its greatest shakeup yet. In 2016, a U.S. Now, it is 2022. says Nunes.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

The good news about electricity as a transportation fuel for cars is finally breaking through to the mainstream. For reasons political and economic, cars and trucks and busses remained tethered to petroleum. While less polluting than petroleum, burning natural gas emits significant carbon. But we find ourselves in 2008.

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