Under both former President Bush and new President Obama, the U.S. government has vowed to reduce reliance on imported oil. The nation is encouraging development of a transportation fleet that uses biofuels, fuel cell vehicles and hybrid electric technologies.
Us Government Program To Reduce Reliance On Imported Oil
To that end, the federal government, in late 2008, put in place new incentives – and extended others – designed to create a strong up-tick in sales of unconventional vehicles. As a result, the U.S. Energy Information Administration anticipates that hybrid cars will grow from 2% of new light-duty vehicles sold in 2007 to 38% by 2030. (more…)
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A number of countries have vehicle tax incentives programs designed to reward purchasers and owners of alternative fuel-efficient v ...
We know of no studies that have examined vehicle taxation incentives programs elsewhere in the world, but it seems likely that ...
Both state and federal funding is available for research and development of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEVs) and other alter ...
Economists have overwhelmingly favored fuel taxes over fuel economy standards as a means to reduce fuel or gasoline consumption ...
Biofuels are made from living matter, plant or animal, and are strongly favored by agricultural interests because of the large boost they bring to domestic farms. Most U.S. biofuels is made from corn (ethanol) or soybeans (biodiesel), although several unusual fuel sources are emerging, including algae and oil waste from deep-frying of foods. The biofuels industry experienced meteoric growth in 2005, 2006 and early 2007, but then it began to slow because of high feedstock prices. Private investment in biofuels finished off 2007 at $2.1 billion, according to ‘Global Trends in Sustainable Energy’, a report by New Energy Finance and United Nations Environmental program. (more…)
We had expressed our disagreement with Biofuels and tell them also that the European Union also wants to distance themselves from t ...
I just read a very good news via Reuters. And is that the EU has decided to distance themselves from biofuels usage.
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Do we have the resources? Rudolf Diesel developed the diesel engine which ran on biodiesel vegetable oil in the late 1800s. At the ...
In Bonn met world leaders at the UN Conference on Biodiversity. As we here at The Green Blog world's biodiversity is seriously ...
A vece the attempt to find alternatives to fossil fuels leads to something worse, such as biofuels or agrofuels, considering the dr ...
Geopolitical risk refers almost always to primary energy carriers (oil, gas, coal, uranium or renewable energy) since their location depends on the vagaries of geology and climate. Production and energy consumption are thus often physically far apart and take place in countries and regions with different histories, cultures and values. Apart from oil & gas exploration and production, all other steps of the energy chain such as refinement or enrichment, energy conversion and distribution can be moved physically closer to the final customer or are, like consumption, directly under the latter’s control. (more…)
Nuclear energy has some distinct advantages in strengthening the external dimension of energy supply security. These include:
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The continuous availability and affordability of energy and, in particular, electricity supply is an indispensable condition fo ...
For years it was out of desperation that observers have advised and viewed of American energy policy and geopolitical risks regardi ...
The entire concept of energy independence revolves around using the resources within a country. Simply put, it's "Stay within ...
Following the recent completion of three nuclear power plants, there is now some 9.6 GW of nuclear capacity in the United Kingd ...
Canary wasted much of the wind power produced with wind farms, the current and anticipated, until they are built pumping stations capable of almacenarla. Not be at least until 2015. (more…)
In 2001, there were 14,000 small wind turbines for home/domestic use in the United States. The market potential for national an ...
The wind has covered every Sunday morning more than 50 percent of electricity & energy demand. It has also achieved the record high ...
The wind power potentially could produce 40 times more electricity than worldwide energy consumption annually, according to res ...
Designers in China have launched the first wind turbine levitating in the world of permanent magnetic levitation (Maglev) in the Wi ...
Renewable energy! Renewable energy comes in many forms for many different applications. There is renewable energy for homes for ins ...
The Geologists Association president advocates the use of geothermal energy by its high durability and low maintenance. Besides a remarkable performance.
The president of the Association of Geologists, Luis Eugenio Suarez said, during the annual dinner of this organization held yesterday, (more…)
Mieres campus yesterday welcomed the conclusion of the technical conference on geothermal energy as alternative renewable energy. E ...
According to the German standard VDI 4640 geothermal energy is stored energy as heat beneath the Earth's solid surface, encompa ...
Several passive heating systems, if provided with proper ventilation, can ensure to provide cooling. Passive heating and cooling fo ...
"Spain has great potential but lack geothermal legislation and investment." Besides being clean, renewable and friendly, easily man ...
Geothermal energy is energy created by the heat of the Earth. Under the Earth’s crust lies a layer of thick, hot rock with occa ...
Based on estimates of the U.S. Department of Energy, the energy used in homes accounts for 20% of all the energy consumption in the United States. The ability to control the indoor temperature is one of the most important achievements of modern technology. (more…)
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Take a look at the following energy saving ideas and new green products and see how many you can use to save your hard earned c ...
These days we have two main concerns in the world of business and finance. First the greenhouse global warming and second the finan ...
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It is a reasonable and sensible action to tighten our belts and cut spending as living cost are climbing nowadays. We have to m ...
Global warming, CO2 emissions, deforestation and loss of biodiversity on the planet are just side effects of our carbon footprint. Like hundreds of organizations to develop initiatives to reduce the effects of human energy consumption, others have simply chosen to ignore the movement. If you want to help Mother Earth, there are ten top list ways to waste of energy that you can avoid: (more…)
Heating and Cooling systems can be a major contributor to a homes energy costs and associated greenhouse gas emissions. For som ...
Spring is here, which means that the summer heat is already here in Arizona. We all know how essential having an effective air ...
Nowadays, a lot more people are increasingly aware of the amount of energy they consumed everyday and what effect it was having ...
Ceiling fans are a popular room addition; comfort can be easily obtained with a flip of a switch. An immediate cooling breeze is cr ...
Don't sweat it out when you don't have to. Got your A/C running and still feel warm? Here are some tips that will help keep you ...
Energy performance ratings tell what the energy performance of a building is, but if the energy performance of a building is to be improved, the causes of lower than desired performance must be understood, and methods of achieving improved performance must be determined. Causes of variation in energy performance among commercial buildings are understood to a degree, but much remains to be learned. (more…)
Current forecasts call for solid growth in world energy use over the next 20 years, potentially increasing 60% above current energy ...
Interest in rating the real-life energy performance of buildings has increased in recent years, and the real life efficiency perfor ...
As the need for energy efficiency becomes more pronounced, the drive toward efficiency in the commercial sector will be impeded by ...
The amount of energy consumed in the commercial sector often must be estimated as a fraction of energy use in the combined resident ...
The outlook for reductions in future energy use is necessarily based on the potential for increased technological and operati ...
The renewable energy technology and policy organization Eurosolar has in 2001 issued a blueprint program, for the use by regional politicians in the implementation of renewable energy. (more…)
In the absence of useful and established patterns of practice, a search is under way for new means of reconciling local government’ ...
The Solar City approach originally emerged from a new generation of International Energy Agency (IEA) energy research and developme ...
Both state and federal funding is available for research and development of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEVs) and other alter ...
The aim is to work with cities in advancing renewable energy technologies and systems and to help promote the renewable energy indu ...
Government expenditures on energy R&D, energy conservation have risen steadily over the past decade, but only two countries, Japan ...
Most major oil and gas firms engage in both upstream (i.e., hydrocarbon exploration and production) and downstream (i.e., hydrocarbon refining and marketing) businesses as well as related activities such as chemicals, and their R&D activities serve the needs of these businesses. During the past decade or so, the R&D spending of oil and gas firms has generally declined. According to a DOE survey, R&D spending by major energy producers within the United States declined from $3.05 billion in 1994 to $1.33 billion in 2000. Although not true of all producers internationally, the broad global trend over the past decade or so seems to be along similar lines. (more…)
Tanker transportation and oil transport functions as an important link to facilitate the flow of oil and products from their li ...
The focus of this section is on the quantitative assessment of the impact of oil price fluctuations on inflation. For that purp ...
Various provisions in the federal income tax treat energy producers more or less favorably than other businesses. By changing t ...
The evolution of oil prices is typically subject to a very high degree of uncertainty, given the extremely volatile nature of c ...
There are many possible reasons for suspecting market failure in a product like gasoline. Throughout the world, the exploration ...
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