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Rising cost of fuel puts independent truckers, small airlines out of business

Saturday 5 April 2008 @ 6:44 pm

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Hydrogen-Powered Plane Takes Flight

Friday 4 April 2008 @ 12:10 pm

“For the first time in the history of aviation, Boeing has flown a manned airplane that was powered by a hydrogen battery,” Boeing chief technology officer John Tracy told a news conference at the firm’s research center in the central Spanish town of Ocana.


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Bio-fuel company modifies cow intestinal bacteria to produce industrial-strength methane

Thursday 20 March 2008 @ 12:53 pm

“Through genetic manipulation, we’ve changed the naturally occurring bacteria, so they eat and consume biomass a little more efficiently,” he said. “It works. There’s not even any debate that it works. It really is an all-natural, simple process that cows use on a daily basis.”


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Ethanol Industry, Bigger Than Ever, Says Its Critics Are Wrong

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 11:12 am

Don’t let all the bad press ethanol’s been getting lately fool you — 2007 was one hell of a year for the ethanol industry, and 2008 promises to be just as good. Like it or not, ethanol is here to stay.


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