Articles tagged “Alternative Fuels”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Get an Insider's Look Into the Devastation One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill By Rebecca Lange IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 20 2011 Planet Green has an inside look at some of the people affected by the 2010 Gulf oil spill devastation. This series of video clips documents the struggles of Louisiana residents living in the aftermath, and how they are coping with the changes. + READ MORE

Top 10 Electric Car Frequently Asked Questions By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Nov 4 2010 The electric car is sure to figure prominently in any conversation about green vehicles. But the subject raises lots of questions. Are electric cars more environmentally friendly than traditional gas-powered vehicles or alternatives like cars that run on hydrogen? And why are electric cars so expensive? We're going to answer these questions, and more, right now. + READ MORE

Electric Cars vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 1 2010 Most people know by now what an electric car is. It’s a car that runs on a battery-powered electric motor. Unlike most cars on the road today, it lacks an internal combustion engine and uses electricity as its fuel rather than gasoline. But what in the world is a hydrogen fuel cell car? + READ MORE

World's First Medical Device Powered by Body Fluids By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Sep 20 2010 There's been a murmur in medical technology of devices powered by the human body, collecting energy from breath, muscle movement, or even the heartbeat itself. But now it seems that researchers have finally made an important breakthrough in creating a "glucose biofuel cell," or a device that is powered from the glucose and oxygen found in the body's fluids. + READ MORE

Five Reasons Why the Nissan LEAF's Price Tag Will Help the Electric Car Succeed By Seth Leitman IN Tech & Transport Apr 9 2010 Electric cars have been around for years, in some form or another, but there has yet to be one that really offers all the conveniences of an internal combustion engine, but without the gasoline. That may be ending with the Nissan LEAF, and it's success may depend on the number on the sticker. Here are five reasons that price will help it succeed + READ MORE

9-Year-Old Boy and Family Ride Cross Country to Educate Kids on Sustainability By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Jan 12 2010 One family is putting the pedal to the metal when it comes to educating people about renewable energy. Called Our Renewable Nation, the project put Colin McCullough, his wife and their two boys in a veggie powered Beetle, and they traveled cross country visiting renewable energy sites and sustainable companies to create a series of eco-videos for kids. + READ MORE

Move Over Corn: Sugarcane Rising Up in the Biofuel World, and Why Hemp Shouldn't Be Far Behind By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 13 2009 Sugarcane, seen as the most successful alternative fuel so far, is fueling Brazil's widely-praised biofuel industry, and is far more efficient than corn. But hemp, which is said to be way more efficient than either one, is illegal to cultivate in most places with growing biofuel economies. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Nuclear Power: Boost or Threat to National Security? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 2 2009 To some, nuclear power is a clean source of energy that we must develop further if we are to move any closer to energy independence. To others, it's a recipe for disaster, either by accident, like the Three Mile Island disaster of 1979, or by design, if (or when) nuclear fuel gets into the wrong hands. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: Nuclear Power: Still a Controversy, After All These Years By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 2 2009 Nuclear power still fuels controversy nationwide, over whether it's the source of clean, renewable energy we need, or an invitation for disaster. + READ MORE

Focus on Focus Earth: When Recycling Isn't (Necessarily) Green: the Nuclear Waste Issue By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 2 2009 France reprocesses its spent nuclear fuel; should we do the same? Both sides of the argument make a strong case for what they believe is the right answer. + READ MORE

Giving Up Oil, Turning to Cow Poop? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2009 Dealing with manure is one of our most pressing environmental problems. So is getting off oil. Converting manure into methane for electricity does a little to solve both problems. + READ MORE

New Use for Wind Power: Pumping Water from the Ground By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Sep 29 2009 Wind power doesn't need to come from a wind farm; it can come from single-family homes (or farms), and it can come from yours. + READ MORE

Geothermal Energy: Why We—You—Should Be Using More Of It By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 22 2009 How geothermal energy works, where it's used, and why it leaves coal, oil, and nuclear in the environmental dust. It's everywhere, doesn't necessarily need to be converted, and is way more effiicient than fossil fuels. + READ MORE

Surfers, Move Over: Planet Mechanics Tap the Oceans For Energy By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 21 2009 Quite simply, wave power--not to be confused with tidal power--is electricity converted from energy carried by surface waves in the ocean or by pressure fluctuations below the surface. It can be converted on or offshore, and the amount of energy a wave can produce is determined by its height, speed and length, and by the density of the water. + READ MORE

Can Soybeans Power Your Next Road Trip? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 17 2009 Soybean oil is one of the best vegetable-based materials to use for making biodiesel. + READ MORE

Will Wood Be the Next Big Thing In Renewable Energy? By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Sep 15 2009 Wood: the next big thing in renewable energy? + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Bagasse By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Jun 30 2009 Sugarcane, according to HowStuffWorks is "the source of a number of other products in addition to sugar. Among these products are molasses, which is made by boiling sugarcane juice; and rum, which is distilled from fermented molasses or fermented sugarcane juice. Other products are made from bagasse, the woody residue left after the juice is extracted from the cane." + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Tidal Barrage By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Jun 16 2009 A tidal barrage is a way of "converting the energy of tides into electric power.There are two ways to measure tidal power: Mean spring peak velocity (the highest) and mean neap peak cycle (the lowest) a tidal area experiences in a month. + READ MORE

How to Find an Alternative Fuel Station Anywhere in the US. By Josh Peterson IN Tech & Transport May 19 2009 Perhaps you drive an alternative fuel vehicle. When you tool around your city, you look fly and confident behind the wheel of your eco-friendly car. And you feel secure while driving, because you know exactly where to find more alternative fuel. + READ MORE

How Much Ethanol Fuel Can Your Vehicle Handle? By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Apr 22 2009 This is a question which is currently in debate between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the automotive industry. Currently the standard for ethanol blend gasoline is 10 percent. This is the percentage that vehicles currently in production today are being manufactured to run in their fuel line, and are being warranted as such. So if you ask an automotive manufacturer just how much ethanol a regular gasoline engine can handle, they will tell you 10 percent and no more. + READ MORE