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Report: US ‘fiscal cliff’ deal extends biofuel incentives, includes support for e-scooters

2013-01-03 04:02:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA When the US Senate signed off on a budget agreement to (at least temporarily) avoid the so-called "fiscal clif," it stirred up plenty of debate among Democrats and Republicans. It is doing t...

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Report: Ethanol producers thinking of using corn for … food

2013-01-02 01:29:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Ethanol, Legislation and Policy, USA A US ethanol glut is causing some biofuels producers to go full circle by diverting their corn from fuel production towards food products such as energy bars and fish food, the Wall Street Journal repo...

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Video: New year, new idea: gondolas as public transport in megacities

2013-01-01 17:50:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Transportation Alternatives, Videos

Here's a new thought for the new year: stringing public transportation pods between buildings, also known as gondolas. This is the idea of Michael McDaniel, a designer at Frog Design, who proposed The Wire, a hanging mass transit solution for Austin, TX.

The Wire answers the question that Frog workers posed to themselves: "Why haven't ski lifts or cable‑powered transit been considered as a viable solution for mass transit in a place like Austin?"

There are a number of upsides here: gondolas would be cheaper than subways (by a long shot - subways can cost up to $400 million per mile and The Wire could be implemented for around $3 million a mile) and they can be used in tight, congested areas. A gondola system - easy (relatively) to install and expand - could also move up to 10,000 people an hour, which could replace 100 bus trips or 2,000 car rides. There are downsides as well. For example troubles with wind and the hurdle of trying to introduce yet another mobility concept to car-bound Americans. Still, McDaniel and his team want to try, as you can see in the video about this pie-in-the-sky idea below.

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Report: EV advocate Chelsea Sexton explains what gets potential buyers charged up

2013-01-01 03:28:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture Our friend Chelsea Sexton, co-founder of EV advocacy group Plug In America, says that Nissan, Coda and other electric-vehicle makers need to focus more on the heart and less on the head when it comes to pitching ...

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Report: Toyota Prius is 2012′s second-most searched car on Autoweek

2012-12-31 17:05:00 (читать в оригинале)

Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota Searches don't equal purchases, but there's a lot of interest in the Toyota Prius out there - if not quite so much as for iconic muscle cars with horses on them. Hybrid Cars notes that the Prius was the second-most-searched...