Top Ten Ways to Save More Fuel 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 – [...]
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:
I see many articles on ways that people can reduce their usage of oil in the home and in their lifestyle. Bike to work, buy a scooter, buy natural fiber clothes. All of these will make some difference but is it really the best bang for the buck? Here is a short list of the [...]
Bloom Energy, after operating in secrecy for more than eight years, has now unveiled a fuel cell that could change the way we think of energy and the grid. Bloom introduced a potentially game-changing product that could provide us with a local, on-demand power source with the potential to help us power new devices that [...]
David Mackay’s new book is a great resource for preparing for life after petroleum. Read Mapawatt’s review of the book. You can buy it on Amazon or download it for free. Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air
Responding to a question from a city councilwoman about transportation and infrastructure in the stimulus bill during a town hall forum in Ft. Myers, Florida, President Obama said that the days of just building sprawl are over. From a transcript provided by Transportation for America: Not only do we need to rebuild our roads, our [...]
OAKLAND, Calif. — It will cost $515 billion annually through 2030 to wean the world off fossil fuels in favor of clean energy sources, according to a report released last week by the World Economic Forum. Onshore and offshore wind, solar thermal and photovoltaics, waste-to-energy, geothermal and next-generation and sugar-based biofuels were identified as large-scale [...]
You can search and find many blogs or pick up most magazines and read articles on the future of ground transportation and how its use of petroleum adversely affects the environment. The cost of petroleum is near the top of the list of conversation starters as consumers around the globe deal with the doubling and [...]
After researching several online sources for e-books on “running a car on water” and watching numerous Youtube videos, I settled on what seemed to be the most informative site on the technology. www.hho-hybrid.com. Instead of showing pictures of using a mayonnaise jar with some wire, steel mesh and hose, the hho-hybrid site discusses the use [...]
I had a neighbor call me a while ago and ask me about HHO or Brown’s gas injection to save fuel. I’m known as the neighborhood’s energy “mad scientist” so he figured he would ask me before buying e-books and kits to convert his F-150 company vehicle. I surfed the internet and was amazed at [...]
