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Butamax and Highwater Ethanol break ground on biobutanol retrofit project

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ASTM has issued a new standard— ASTM D7862-13 —covering butanol intended to be blended with gasoline at 1-12.5 BP and DuPont have been working together since 2003; in 2006, they created a partnership to develop, produce and market a next generation of biofuels, with the first planned commercialization being biobutanol.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

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Obama noted that last year, US oil production reached its highest level since 2003 and that for the first time in more than a decade, imported oil accounted for less than half the liquid fuel consumed. He said that the Administration has already approved 39 new shallow water permits, and an additional 7 deepwater permits in recently weeks.

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The New Supersonic Boom

Cars That Think

The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. The 1964 Oklahoma City tests involved more than 1,000 flights, which sparked more than 15,000 complaints, as documented in a 1971 report prepared by the National Bureau of Standards.

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Exxon/Mobil To Fund Solar Financing Bond For Torrance Homeowners

Creative Greenius

In Torrance we don’t want citizens telling politicians what to do or controlling how the industries that pollute in own city act. 3. Water Conservation. Eight in 10 (80%) believe steps should be taken right away, a percentage that has increased 7 points since 2003. That’s too much democracy for Torrance.

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BMW unveils production i8 plug-in hybrid; 94 mpg; on sale in US in 2014 priced from $135,925

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At the same time, gear change times are shortened and an extra-sporty setting is selected for the standard Dynamic Damper Control and the Electric Power Steering. The car’s standard 20-inch forged aluminum wheels have an aerodynamically optimized, lightweight design. The vehicle is then powered solely by the electric motor.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz. Same goes for video cables.

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PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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For only the second time since PPIC began asking the question in 2003, more Californians support expanding oil drilling off the coast than oppose it (51% favor, 43% oppose), the same as last year (51% favor, 45% oppose). Energy sources and automobile efficiency. Commercial and industrial activities (75% yes, 21% no).

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