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U.S. CAFE Standards Create Profit Incentive for Larger Vehicles
December 8, 2011 — The current Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards create a financial incentive for auto companies to make bigger vehicles that are allowed to meet lower targets, according to a new ... > full story -
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Cost-Effectiveness of Biofuels and Their Ability to Cut Fossil Fuel Use Questioned
November 29, 2011 — A new study questions the cost-effectiveness of biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas ... > full story -
Carbon Mitigation Strategy Uses Wood for Buildings First, Bioenergy Second
November 22, 2011 — A new study is first to focus on the extra carbon savings that can be squeezed from trees when wood not suitable for long-term building materials is used for bioenergy: Depending on the process used, ... > full story -
Nanoparticles Used as Additives in Diesel Fuels Can Travel from Lungs to Liver
November 17, 2011 — Recent studies have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide -- common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines -- can travel from the lungs to the ... > full story -
Toward More Cost-Effective Production of Biofuels from Plant Lignocellulosic Biomass
November 16, 2011 — Lignocellulosic biomass contains bound acetate, which is released upon processing and is an inhibitor of microbial fermentation of sugars into bioethanol. A new study identifies a gene responsible ... > full story -
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Americans Using More Fossil Fuels
November 9, 2011 — American energy use went back up in 2010 compared to 2009, when consumption was at a 12-year low. The United States used more fossil fuels in 2010 than in 2009, while renewable electricity remained ... > full story -
Wood Biofuel Could Be a Competitive Industry by 2020
November 8, 2011 — Fuel made from wood could become a competitive commercial alternative to fuel made from corn by 2020 if the wood biofuel industry is supported, according to a new ... > full story -
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Generating Ethanol from Lignocellulose Possible, but Large Cost Reductions Still Needed
November 8, 2011 — The production of ethanol from lignocellulose-rich materials such as wood residues, waste paper, used cardboard and straw cannot yet be achieved at the same efficiency and cost as from corn starch. A ... > full story -
Highly Efficient Oxygen Catalyst Found: Rechargeable Batteries and Hydrogen-Fuel Production Could Benefit
October 28, 2011 — A team of researchers has found one of the most effective catalysts ever discovered for splitting oxygen atoms from water molecules -- a key reaction for advanced energy-storage systems, including ... > full story -
Electrochemistry Controlled With a Plasma Electrode
October 20, 2011 — Engineers have made an electrochemical cell that uses a plasma for an electrode, instead of solid pieces of metal. The technology may open new pathways for battery and fuel cell design and ... > full story
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