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JetBlue to go carbon neutral on all domestic flights by offsetting emissions starting in 2020; flying with SAF from SFO

Green Car Congress

Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is produced 100% from waste and residue raw materials. Instead of escaping into the air, LFG can be captured, converted and used as a renewable energy resource. Over the lifecycle, it has up to 80% smaller carbon footprint compared to fossil jet fuel.

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Concepts for an “Energy Security Trust” reach back to President Carter

Green Car Congress

The energy security trust fund is a bridge between the America of today, dependent on foreign oil and shot through with wasteful patterns of consumption, and the America of tomorrow, in which our technology can make us far less dependent on foreign oil.The windfall tax revenue must go to create the energy security trust fund for the American people.

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Best EV To Own To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

My Energi

However, it scores highly on stealth; I mean its a motorcycle, you could drive this thing through a shopping mall and up an escalator to make quick escapes and to help you to travel the city reasonably undetected. The Tridion Safety Cell is the vehicles secret weapon which acts like a race car roll cage to give the driver ultimate protection.

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The hidden costs of using an electric bike

Baua Electric

What a waste! Add to that the sudden shock of seeing the scenery around you, listening to the sounds of nature or your vibrant city, and feeling the wind in your hair, and you’re likely in for a bolt from the blue. It’s impossible to escape the impacts. Think long and hard about whether you want those changes in your life.

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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

Green Car Congress

This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. With a growing economy, Californians are consuming more, and waste is increasing remarkably. million tons of waste, up 7.4% —Adam Fowler.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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This New Breed of Generator Can Run on Almost Any Fuel

Cars That Think

It’s January 2030 and your electric heat pump is warming the house while your electric car charges in the garage, all powered by solar panels on your roof and by wind and solar generators at your local utility. If compression continues after the reaction happens, it fights against the pressure generated by the reaction, wasting energy.

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