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Power+Energy Ships Next-Generation Micro-Channel Hydrogen Purifiers

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When combined with the 98% hydrogen recovery efficiency, the result is the lowest cost of ownership available while consistently delivering high purity hydrogen with less than one part per billion (ppb) total impurities. Movement of gas through the purifier cell is driven by the pressure gradient. Tags: Brief.

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Perspective: Ending Oils Monopolya Blueprint for Mobility Choice

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1 ] Our dependence on oil also means that America must support military engagements in regions, such as the Persian Gulf, to defend energy sources, such as pipelines and sea lanes. Tags: Perspective Policy. One of the current focuses of Congress is the clean energy and climate bill. 1 ] US Imports by Country of Origin (US EIA). [

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MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade

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The five different fuel groups were those derived: from conventional petroleum; from unconventional petroleum; synthetically from natural gas, coal, or combinations of coal and biomass via the FT process; renewable oils; and alcohols. Applying the per-barrel savings to this consumption yields net annual jet-fuel cost savings of between $3.2

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Henrik Fisker, a car designer and cofounder of the company, said at the New York Auto Show last week that the car is part of his effort to show that environmentally friendly cars need not be small and underpowered. To go with its performance, the car carries a hefty price tag of $87,000. Yippeee I cant wait not to buy one.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co.,

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. “There’s a relationship of trust already.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. But that cost in a built as an EV is much less than an ICE’s costs by about 1/2. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight.

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