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Toyota Transport begins operating first CNG-fueled car hauler

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The purchase of the truck advances Toyota’s own environmental endeavors and efforts in its support of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay program, the public-private initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution created by freight transportation in corporate supply chains. million barrels of oil and $20.6

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Sunoco Idles Eagle Point Refinery; Will Evaluate Feasibility of Using it to Produce Alternative Fuels in the Future

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Sunoco owns and operates four refineries, including Eagle Point, with a combined crude oil processing capacity of 825,000 barrels per day. Sunoco purchased the Eagle Point Refinery in January 2004 from El Paso Corporation. Sunoco, Inc. The acquisition increased Sunoco’s total refinery processing capacity by 20%.

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American Le Mans Series Introduces Green Dream Team

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David Brabham is often considered the founder of the AMLS’ green movement via a letter he wrote to Founder Don Panoz and President/CEO Scott Atherton in 2004, suggesting the Series seriously consider alternative fuels as a strategy. Patrón Highcroft races using E10, virtually the same fuel that consumers purchase at the service station.

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EPA: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose 1.4% in 2007

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Fuel purchased in the US for international aircraft and marine travel accounted for an additional 108.8 Almost all of the energy consumed by the transportation sector is petroleum-based, including motor gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and residual oil. Tg in 2004, and since then have declined about 3%. Tg) from 1990.

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EPA trends report sees record levels of average new vehicle fuel economy and CO2 emissions for MY 2012; role of new gasoline vehicle technologies

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Based on the final Trends data through MY 2012, CO 2 emissions have decreased by 85 g/mi, or 18%, since MY 2004, and fuel economy has increased by 4.3 Preliminary MY 2013 adjusted values are 370 g/mi CO 2 emissions and 24.0 l/100 km) fuel economy, which, if achieved, will again represent all-time records. mpg, or 22%. Click to enlarge.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Ford puts the pedal down on performance … but not with electric drive technology right now

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Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004. Millenials purchase ST vehicles at twice the rate of the rest of Ford brands, and performance vehicles attract more millenials than the rest of the Ford vehicle base. It’s not just fuel efficiency, not just power efficiency, but it is weight efficiency as well.

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