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Qatar Airways will fuel its fleet with natural gas
Nov 19th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Qatar Airways is planning to use domestically abundant natural gas to power it's whole airline fleet as soon as late 2013.
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The future of oil in Iraq
Nov 12th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
It's important to understand that increasing domestic oil production in America will not necessarily lower prices at the pump... Instead we should focus energy on alternatives to crude oil like natural gas, advanced biofuels and electric vehicles in addition to energy efficiency measures.
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The coal industry faces steep challenges for the future
Oct 24th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
With its high carbon emissions and the low price of natural gas, it seems that coal-fired power is on its way to being phased out.
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California passes a bill to legalize self-driving cars
Oct 19th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
California Senate Bill 1298 legalizes self-driving cars. And if Google owner Sergey Brin has his way, Google software will soon be driving them...
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Wastewater to biofuel?
Oct 15th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Biofuel from wastewater? The latest innovation in the field of advanced biofuels may hold some promise for the future.
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The U.S. Navy is Seeking Independence From Foreign Oil
Oct 3rd, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is on a mission to decrease the U.S. Navy's dependence on foreign oil. In his words, “We simply buy too much petroleum either from potentially or actually volatile places on earth.” In 2009, he announced a plan to fuel half the Navy’s energy consumption through alternative fuels by 2020. “We’re doing this for one reason,” Mabus stated, “We’re doing it to be better warfighters.” The Navy has started to demonstrate some of the progress they have made with "drop-in replacement" advanced biofuels this year.
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Five Amazing Things You Won't Believe Run on Biofuels
Oct 2nd, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
Some people associate biofuels with long hair and environmentalism, and that's fine! In fact, you'll see Mr. Willie Nelson is featured prominently on our list. But with innovations in renewable fuels made everyday, biofuel is popping up in some unexpected, exciting, and high-performance places! Here is our list of a few of the most remarkable.
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Green Crude Farm
Sep 12th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
The first commercial algae to energy facility is up and running in New Mexico, producing 'green crude' as an alternative to crude oil.
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An emissions reality check...
Sep 10th, 2012 | By Aubrey Yee
Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by [150 million tons per year](http://files.technologist.geblogs.com/files/2011/05/Emissions-Graphic.jpg) if coal plants are replaced by natural-gas fired combined cycle plants. That's equal to taking some 13,000 cars off the road each year.
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Global Oil Balance to Remain Tight in 2013
Aug 31st, 2012 | By Nicole Rogers
A highly respected research provider, Cornerstone Analytics has allowed us to republish a preview of their 2013 Global Oil Capacity Forecast, originally published August 23, 2012. The outlook is not good for global oil balance, which likely means even higher oil prices, and bouts of global economic malaise. Some of the numbers here are pretty shocking.
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