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	<description>Researching Renewable Alternatives to Petroleum</description>
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		<title>Using Biodiesel in your Vehicle</title>
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Any diesel engine can run on biodiesel.  Is that a true statement?  Are there any issues to deal with or do you just dump the &#8220;biodiesel&#8221; into the engine?  What is biodiesel anyway?
There are lots of questions that should be answered when you begin to peel back the onion on running your vehicle on biodiesel.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2010/03/07/using-biodiesel-in-your-vehicle/</link>
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		<title>Is Light Rail the Future of Transportation?</title>
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While visiting Salt Lake City this week, I rode one of UTA Trax&#8217;s  electric light rail cars.  I didn&#8217;t have a place to go or somewhere I  had to be at the time.  I just wanted to go for a ride because an  electric streetcar is fun to ride for a clean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2010/03/06/is-light-rail-the-future-of-transportation/</link>
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		<title>Bloom Energy and the Electric Car</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2010/02/27/bloom-energy-and-the-electric-car/</link>
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		<title>Wave of Change Building in Middle East</title>
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When thinking of ways to help kick our petroleum addiction, it&#8217;s hard not to be thinking of the Middle East and their grip on the World&#8217;s energy supply.  Sheiks pump oil, we pay for it,  sheiks get rich and powerful.  Some sheiks use the funds to bolster Taliban-ese societies that oppress their people and help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/06/20/wae-of-change-building-through-the-middle-east/</link>
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		<title>Wind Power without the turbine?</title>
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I was reading a blog post today about &#8220;wind belts&#8221; that extract energy from wind blown across belts.  Remember when you made a whistle by blowing across a piece of grass held between your fingers?  The energy that generated the whistling noise is the same energy they are harnessing here.  Take a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/06/19/wind-power-without-the-turbine/</link>
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		<title>Sustainable Energy: Without the hot air</title>
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David Mackay&#8217;s new book is a great resource for preparing for life after petroleum.  Read Mapawatt&#8217;s review of the book.  You can buy it on Amazon or download it for free.
Sustainable Energy &#8211; Without the Hot Air
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		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/06/16/sustainable-energy-without-the-hot-air/</link>
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		<title>The Methanol Alternative</title>
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In a clear and concise review and essay, Robert Zubrin lays out the case for Methanol becoming the energy carrier for the 21st century and beyond.
Zubrin, an aerospace engineer and president of Pioneer Astronautics, comments on the book,  Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy written by Nobel laureate chemist, George Olah.  His commentary takes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/03/14/the-methanol-alternative/</link>
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		<title>Obama Says: Days of Building Sprawl Are Over</title>
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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 bridges, our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/02/11/obama-says-days-of-building-sprawl-are-over/</link>
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		<title>Clean Energy Economy Will Cost Billions Annually</title>
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OAKLAND, Calif. &#8212; 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 clean [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/02/08/clean-energy-economy-will-cost-billions-annually/</link>
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		<title>Living a Simpler Life</title>
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Over the past year, I’ve researched ways in which I can simplify my life in a healthy, organic way.  It involves getting back to older ways of life.  Living before fast-food, frozen meals and preservatives.  We’re raising fruits and vegetables in a garden in our yard and frequenting organic farmer’s markets near our home on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://notpetroleum.com/2009/02/08/living-a-simpler-life/</link>
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