Not exact matches
Super-streamlining, pothole power and heat recycling: a spate of innovation is about to transform
diesel - guzzling trucks
into green giants
When researchers conceived of turning algae
into diesel fuel three decades ago, the idea sounded like something out of the old sci - fi movie Soylent
Green.
The 24 - foot Endeavor
Green Electric Hybrid can run all day on an electric charge that costs only 11 cents and generates no emissions, kicking
into a small
diesel generator only if the boat's eight batteries run dry.
The company dipped its toes
into hybrid waters with the Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen Hybrids and has dangled notions of electric vehicles — but for now, it looks like its only realistic
green (or semi-
green) play is
diesel.
Two other projects are afoot in the middle of the country, including one that is already producing renewable
diesel that can be blended
into jet fuel at a ratio of one part in 10 as soon as ASTM gives the
green light.