BP plans to invest $560m in Biofuels, sugar ethanol

Posted on May 10, 2008. Filed under: alternative energy, energy, ethanol | Tags: , , , , , |

BP as agreed to invest in biofuels in venture in Brazil. The venture is to produce ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil, they say this proposal would not affect food supplies. From the $560m, BP will take a 50% stake in a venture with $60m, and will further invest the remaining $500m in two other [...]

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Homemade 100% cheap ethanol for running gasoline engines

Posted on May 9, 2008. Filed under: alternative energy, energy, transportation | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Recently I came to learn from this new home ethanol systems soon to be put into sale. It is call the Efuel100 MicroFueler the world’s first portable ethanol micro-refinery system. The unique component of the system, it replaces the traditional ethanol reflux column system with a solid state distillation technology, making it possible for homeowners [...]

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Plugged-In Automotive Economy to intensify the water demand?

Posted on May 5, 2008. Filed under: Prius, alternative energy, environment, expantion, photovoltaics, toyota, transportation, wind energy | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Those are the arguments from Carey W. King and Michael E. Webber, from a published research work of February 20, 2008 at the American Chemical Society Publications. These two geologists working at Texas, are saying that converting light-duty vehicles from full gasoline power to electric power, either by converting hybrid electric vehicles to plug-in versions [...]

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Toyota says hybrid cost premium to disappear

Posted on May 11, 2007. Filed under: Prius, batteries, car, lithium-ion, toyota, transportation | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Toyota says hybrid cost premium to disappear
According to Reuters Toyota Motor Corp. expects to cut costs for hybrid cars enough to be able to make as much money on them as it does on conventional gasoline cars by around 2010, a top executive said on Thursday.
Masatami Takimoto, executive vice president in charge of power train [...]

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