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Holiday Treat: Gas $4.10 a Gallon
KickingTiresIt???s one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, so it???s no surprise that gas hit almost $4.10 a gallon nationally today. Tomorrow and this weekend it could go even higher. On the whole, though, we should be encouraged......Tags: Petroleum Industry, Commuting, Vacations
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Connecticut Enterprise Digest
82 Connecticut Enterprise Digest Eds: This advisory is not for publication or broadcast. Here is the Connecticut Enterprise Digest for July 4-6. If you have questions, contact Hartford news editor Patrick Sanders at (860) 246-6876. For problems with...Tags: Prices, Stratford, West Hartford, Consumer Confidence, Defense
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Need cheaper fuel? Cane do, Brazil says
Sentinel Staff WriterWith sky-high gas prices soaking motorists and wreaking havoc with the economy, Brazilian sugar-cane growers are launching a multimillion-dollar radio and print campaign today in Orlando and elsewhere to promote their country's ethanol. The ads are aimed...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Prices, Everglades, Heavy Engineering, Political Candidates
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French company options Va. Tech biofuel processes
French biotechnology company Biomethodes has taken an option to license technologies developed by a Virginia Tech affiliate for converting biomass into ethanol and hydrogen. The processes for developing bioethanol and biohydrogen were developed by...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Fuel-efficient Cars, Green and Hybrid Vehicles
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Culver asks EPA to ignore waiver request
Gov. Chet Culver is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to deny a request by the state of Texas to waive the U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard, which helps to subsidize ethanol. In a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, Culver says that...Tags: Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Rick Perry, Food Industry, Stephen Johnson
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Looking for the golden 'green diesel'
Chicago Tribune ReporterIn a test refinery by O'Hare International Airport, scientists are attempting to break the grip that black gold has on the economy with a clever bit of alchemy. They take the vegetable oil kept in kitchen cupboards, shuffle some molecules and create a...Tags: Natural Resources, Boeing Co., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Nathanael Greene, Energy Saving
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Ethanol pumps appearing on turnpike
Sentinel Staff WriterThe fuel station at the Turkey Lake service plaza on Florida's Turnpike is the first gas station in Central Florida to pump E85 -- auto fuel that is 85 percent ethanol -- officials said Thursday. The E85 pumps are part of a $1.5 million turnpike...Tags: Florida's Turnpike, Fuel-efficient Cars, Engineering, Green and Hybrid Vehicles, Vehicles
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Corn prices fall on report surprise
Associated PressMidwest floods may not contribute as much to food inflation as was feared. Corn prices fell yesterday after the government surprised traders, reporting farmers tried to cash in on soaring corn demand for ethanol by planting more acres of the crop than...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Floods, Chicago Board of Trade, Natural Disasters, Disasters
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Some ways to get energy independence in transportation
Plug-in hybrid
What is it? A hybrid car with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that can go up to 50 miles on an overnight charge, from a wall socket in your home, before dipping into the gas tank.
What does itaccomplish? Would drastically increase gas...Tags: Google Inc., Renewable Energy, Hampton Roads, Passenger Cars, Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia)
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McCain's energy record is on/off
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCrisscrossing the country over the last two weeks to promote his energy plans, Sen. John McCain promised a forceful national strategy to combat global warming and end U.S. dependence on foreign oil. "We must steer far clear of the errors and false...Tags: Standards, Natural Resources, Automotive Equipment, Political Systems, Energy KD
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