Are you interested in running your car on vegetable oil? Before you get started, you should read our post on how it works. Once you are comfortable with the requirements, watch the following video from Veg My Ride to see how it’s done for an older Mercedes!
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Below are the top ten ways you can save gas in your car. Try a few of these productivity enhancements and help reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
1. Tire Pressure – Check tire pressure and bring it up to recommended levels
2. Use Synthetic Engine Oil – Synthetic oil reduces friction in the engine and lasts longer between oil changes..
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I’m a visual learner. When it comes to learning complex topics, having images and diagrams always make it easier for me to retain the information.
After reading a great poston visualizing energy, I thought I’d share with you the video produced by Getty Images for corporations to use as a point of reference when they are trying to promote and brand clean energy.
What images help you to better understand complex topics like energy and alternatives to fossil fuels? Join the conversation and let us know what you think.
Chevy Cruze Diesel
It looks like the growing sales of Volkswagen diesels in the US has garnered the attention of US carmakers. General Motors today formally announced the 2013 Chevy Cruze diesel. The 4 cylinder 2-liter VCDi diesel engine generates over 160 horsepower and 265 foot-pounds of torque, which should make it a sporty car to drive. The common-rail fuel system should give impressive fuel economy without sacrificing power. Read the rest of this entry »
Are you considering buying a diesel vehicle for better fuel efficiency and potentially using biofuels? If you already know about the different diesel fuel types, here is a quick ranking from the easiest to the most complex fuel source. This should help you weigh the risks of using the different types of fuels:
Diesel Fuel – This is the fuel your engine was designed to use. Choosing diesel is the easiest solution and doesn’t require any special considerations other than the source of where the fuel comes from and the emissions it creates.
B5 – Diesel fuel with a 5% biodiesel additive is really no different than choosing diesel as fuel. However, the biodiesel fuel additive is a solvent and will help keep your fuel tank and injectors clean. The dilution is so low that special alcohol-resistant fuel lines are not needed. Read the rest of this entry »
I was contacted a few weeks back from a friend in the Biodiesel community about a great resource on the web for Everything Biodiesel. A while ago, this used to be a site known as the Collaborative Biodiesel Tutorial. Unfortunately, the domain name was not renewed and the site went away. Read the rest of this entry »
I received this email from the White House this morning with a link to the document titled, “Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future.” If you haven’t watched Obama’s speech on energy futures at Georgetown University yesterday, make sure to watch it as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Dallas, TX – March 30, 2010 – T. Boone Pickens today released the following statement in response to remarks by President Obama at Georgetown University, where he outlined his plan for America’s energy security:
“Today the President articulated the national security and economic threats associated with our escalating dependence on foreign oil. With the increasing price of gasoline, natural gas is an important domestic fuel at our disposal that can replace foreign oil to power heavy-duty fleet vehicles. Converting heavy-duty trucks and high-fuel use commercial fleet vehicles to natural gas can reduce our OPEC dependence now while we wait for technology to power the vehicles of tomorrow. It is clear President Obama is committed to weaning America off Middle Eastern oil, securing our own energy future and recognizes the role natural gas can play as a domestic transportation fuel. Recent unrest in the Middle East underscores the need to take action now and I’m encouraged by the President’s promise to secure America’s energy future and national security by reducing our dependence on OPEC oil.”
The Pickens Plan to encourage more heavy duty fleet vehicles to run on domestic resources is included in the NAT GAS Act, which is being prepared for introduction next week in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman John Sullivan (R-OK), Congressman Dan Boren (D-OK), Congressman John Larson (D-CT) and Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX). The pending legislation enjoys broad bipartisan support.
Today, President Barack Obama spoke to students at Georgetown University to challenge the next generation to meet the challenge of reducing our dependence on foreign oil. He put forth a plan to reduce our daily import of foreign oil by a third by 2020 by: Read the rest of this entry »
Methanol as a Transportation Fuel
In our quest to find sources of energy to replace petroleum, it is hard not to look at other fossil-based resources that haven’t been over-utilized and are abundant in the United States and the Americas. Natural gas definitely fits the bill. Natural gas is an excellent energy carrier and is available domestically. However, transporting the fuel and retrofitting vehicles to use it as a primary fuel source is labor intensive. When you compare the issues surrounding acquiring and transporting petroleum from the Middle East, the vehicle conversion and transport efforts seem worth pursuing. Read the rest of this entry »
