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Tesla drivers are feeling the brunt of anti-EV sentiments: report

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According to Albertson, rude drivers tend to roll coal on him or swerve into his lane, something that simply does not happen when he is driving his other cars, like a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse. They were the subject of road rage because they represented the environment and were perceived as the vehicular embodiment of that culture war.

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Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

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A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. There is a very large potential supply of methanol since it can be made from natural gas, coal and biomass feedstocks. use could be developed.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Coal supplies nearly 50% of domestic electricity. In order for low-cost electricity from coal-fired power plants to remain available, the DOE said, economical methods for capturing and storing the greenhouse gas emissions from these plants must be developed. Fusion Petroleum Technologies , The Woodlands, Texas.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Zero-Carbon Coal: Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT). Coal-fired power plants currently generate approximately 50% of the electricity in the United States. Zero-Carbon Coal: Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies. Pellion Technologies.

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Researchers identify mechanism for hydrocarbon biosynthesis in the algae B. braunii

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braunii can grow in both freshwater and brackish environments. braunii communities, also compose a portion of the hydrocarbon masses in several modern-day petroleum and coal deposits. The algae synthesize long-chain liquid hydrocarbon compounds and sequester them for buoyancy. —Niehuas et al. Resources.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1.

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