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California Energy Commission awards $29M+ for biomethane, natural gas, and hydrogen technology

Green Car Congress

AC Transit will construct a new hydrogen bus fueling station in Oakland. BioStar Systems is partnering with Sonoma County Water Agency and Sonoma County Transit to produce 148,000 cubic feet per day of pipeline quality biomethane from dairy waste and food processor waste to support the Sonoma County Transit natural gas fleet.

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On the World’s Largest Cruise Ship, Thrills and Space to Chill

Baua Electric

It’s stunning,” said Christina Carvalho, a 43-year-old accountant from Oakland, Calif., On the day of the sailing, I headed to Port Miami expecting chaos, but as I got out of the taxi, I was greeted by a porter who took my bag and ushered me to the terminal. It seemed like an unnecessary waste of energy.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thats because electric engines are more efficient than internal-combustion engines, and because generating energy on a large scale (in coal or nuclear plants) is less wasteful than doing it on a small scale (by burning gasoline in an internal-combustion engine). Two all-electric cars - the E3 and the E6 - will follow later this year.

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