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After becoming governor of California, he pushed for stricter emissions standards and converted three of his four Hummers to run on alternative fuels.

Dr. James Sandercock, trained as a microbiologist before getting involved with biodegradable plastics and making fuel - grade ethanol for vehicles, is Chair of NAIT's Alternative Energy Technology program.

Prior, she was Legal Director and Regional Program Director for national nonprofit Friends of the Earth, where she spearheaded innovative legal strategies to reduce global warming pollution and directed campaigns to reduce pollution and promote sustainable alternative energies and fuels.

The rising cost of oil, its impact on global warming, the geopolitical risks associated with oil dependency (especially as fuel for automobiles), followed more recently by the rise of cost effective alternatives presents a «change the world» opportunity for Apple.

Provider of natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada, based on the number of stations operated and the amount of gasoline gallon equivalents of CNG and LNG delivered.

Furthermore, efforts at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A, +0.62 % to move beyond fossil fuels into low - carbon energy is as much driven by the growth potential of alternative energy markets as a concern for global warming.

The November 15th program will include cutting - edge discussions such as: how non-exchange traded alternatives are becoming the mutual funds of yesteryear; what is driving retail's demand for non-exchange traded alternatives; using micro-investing technology to diversify across and within online marketplaces; how legislation is being used to engineer a new breed of alternative products; how innovations in self - directed IRAs will create new retail distribution channels for the entire alternative product universe; how technology will ensure the scalability of online platforms and enable traditional financial services providers to increase AUM; how millennials will fuel the growth of FinTech and redefine financial services; how FinTech will replace the 401k and transform the way Americans save for retirement; and how modernizing the Self - directed IRA is the trillion dollar FinTech opportunity.

That pricing power seems to be becoming even stronger during the downturn as pipelines consolidate and expansion of alternatives for moving fossil fuels become more difficult due to capital constraints.

A. Sween Co.'s fleet management partner, Automotive Resources International [ARI], I explored a variety of alternative technologies to determine which fuel type could work for the organization,» Hodgdon explains.

Such innovations are fueling excitement as well as an atmosphere of creative thinking around the possibilities for alternative food production outside the nation's capitol.

What are the Republican party's premises for opposing alternative energy in place of fossil fuels?

For a tropical country like Ghana, the reduction of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere involves reducing deforestation, reforestation, and exploring affordable and sustainable alternatives to fuel wood.

If we're successful and others are successful in producing alternative sources of hydrocarbons for fuels, eventually we could be shifting the supply and shifting the demand for oil.

The president, meanwhile, made a strong argument for more efficient use of gasoline through alternative vehicles and strengthened fuel economy standards.

, who chairs the Senate Appropriations subcommittee responsible for funding the Defense Department and who does not believe that warming is human - induced, has long complained that too much of DOE's budget is frittered away on programs to boost energy efficiency or alternative fuels — which he says have little to do with the military's mission.

Since the 1970's at least, the U.S. federal government has had an interest in alternative sources of energy, although funding for those efforts has risen and fallen with economic conditions, fuel prices, and political administrations, among other factors.

KERRY: The senator has proposed «a new Manhattan Project to make America independent of Middle East oil in 10 years» by increasing the use of alternative fuels like ethanol and insisting that standards for auto mileage be raised.

He notes, however, that the investment climate for alternative energy R&D can fluctuate with the price of traditional fossil fuels.

«In terms of consumer ownership and use costs, the case to make a switch from current fuels to compressed natural gas (CNG) is much more compelling than for other alternative fuels like ethanol and electricity.»

The FAA has already approved at least one biofuel — ethanol — as an alternative fuel for two types of aircraft and engines, including the Piper Pawnee powered by Lycoming IO - 540 engines.

Spinach gave Popeye super strength, but it also holds the promise of a different power for a group of scientists: the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative fuel.

Chemical engineer Charles Wyman of the University of California, Riverside, argues for biorefineries turning seed oil, the stalks and other detritus of crop plants, and even wood pulp waste into an assortment of alternative fuels.

«Alternative fuels offer the potential, if not to lower the price [of petroleum - derived fuels], at least to provide a hedge in the future against their future growth or, put differently, their volatility,» says technologist Douglas Kirkpatrick, DARPA's program manager for alternative fueAlternative fuels offer the potential, if not to lower the price [of petroleum - derived fuels], at least to provide a hedge in the future against their future growth or, put differently, their volatility,» says technologist Douglas Kirkpatrick, DARPA's program manager for alternative fuealternative fuels efforts.

Smil has forced climate advocates to reckon with the vast inertia sustaining the modern world's dependence on fossil fuels, and to question many of the rosy assumptions underlying scenarios for a rapid shift to alternatives.

The scientists have devised a new manufacturing technique that could boost the efficiency of an inexpensive type of solar cell by up to 50 %, making the technology an economically feasible alternative to fossil fuels in the search for sustainable energy.

The search for economically viable alternatives to fossil fuels has attracted attention among energy communities because of increasing energy prices and climate change.

But there are a number of complexities related to the viability of a new fuel, Fretheim added, such as the vehicle payback period, the need for new infrastructure, overcoming maintenance issues and sourcing enough of an alternative fuel to test it and to fully adopt it if it works.

In this context, switching from high - cost diesel to a low - carbon alternative fuel isn't just the green thing to do; it's key to ensuring consumer products stay at affordable prices, Elizabeth Fretheim, director of business strategy and sustainability logistics at Wal - Mart Stores Inc., explained at a symposium last week hosted by the nonprofit group Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).

UPS tries liquefied natural gas For United Parcel Service Inc., which has experimented with a wide range of alternative fuels across its fleet, LNG for long - haul trucks has been the clear standout, said Steve Leffin, director of global sustainability at UFor United Parcel Service Inc., which has experimented with a wide range of alternative fuels across its fleet, LNG for long - haul trucks has been the clear standout, said Steve Leffin, director of global sustainability at Ufor long - haul trucks has been the clear standout, said Steve Leffin, director of global sustainability at UPS.

In that case, we do nothing and suffer the consequences of dealing with a burgeoning demand for liquid transportation fuels globally without offering any alternatives to petroleum.

«If more residents knew their building was burning dirty fuel that was bad for the health of their families and their neighbors, they might be more likely to push their landlord to switch to a clean alternative,» says Diana Hernández, the study's senior author and assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

One reason for this push is the consequences of the alternatives: pollution from fossil - fueled power plants shortens the life span of as many as 30,000 Americans a year; coal and hydraulic fracturing threaten the environment and water supplies; and oil dependence undermines the nation's energy security.

Ehsan Khosravi, Ahmad Shariati and Mohammad Reza Khosravi Nikou of the Gas Engineering Department, at the Petroleum University of Technology, in Ahwaz, Iran, explain how economic and environmental concerns regarding petroleum - based fuels has led to increased demand for alternatives.

This synthesis route is capable of developing alternative catalysts of noble metals for many eco-friendly technologies such as fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen generation from water and CO2 reduction.

Inertial confinement is an alternative method in which small capsules of hydrogen - isotope fuel are crushed to produce the intense temperature and pressure needed for fusion to occur.

Thanks to the organism's creation, synthetic biologists are learning more about customizing cells, such as for development of highly effective drugs and energy alternatives to fossil fuels.

A team of researchers at MIT is developing an alternative that could provide similar protection for nuclear fuel, while reducing the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold.

The following year, he and Colozza wrote a paper for the now - defunct NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) about the use of electrohydrodynamics, or ionized particles, as an alternative to liquid fuel for powering space vehicles.

It could offer a convenient and portable source of hydrogen for fuel cells and other applications, potentially transforming the energy market and providing an alternative to batteries and liquid fuels.

But rather than searching for ways to stretch the oil we still have — like a modern Hanukkah — it makes more sense to accelerate development of clean alternatives such as electric cars or biofuels from algae — and avoid dirty ones like turning coal or tar sands to liquid fuels.

Recent spikes in the price of uranium — perhaps due to renewed interest in nuclear power as an alternative to fossil fuels as global warming makes its presence felt — have led to a surge in applications for new uranium mining permits on otherwise protected federal lands.

However, as the UK has shifted focus from coal - and oil - fired electricity generation to being more reliant on natural gas as the fuel of choice (irrespective of wind, solar, nuclear and other alternatives), this makes the electricity grid somewhat vulnerable to accidental and incidental problems with the flow of data and to malicious manipulation for the sake of sabotage, criminal or online military / terrorist action.

When the pair studied the share prices of oil companies and alternative - energy technology companies, and estimated the rate of change of future investment, they found that investors do not expect the replacement of oil - based fuels with renewables for another 131 years.

Graham was upset because the Obama administration's 2014 budget request called for a study of alternatives to the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, under construction at DOE's Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina.

The steam - powered «aeolipile» was invented by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt during the 1st century AD, but it wasn't until some 1700 years later that the steam engine as we know it emerged, thanks to better construction materials, plentiful fuel and, critically, growing industrial demand for an alternative source of power.

Bill Glover, managing director of environmental strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, which is leading an effort to develop, test and certify alternative jet fuels, said the technology is ready.

«(3) The Secretary shall revise the rules under this subsection with respect to the types of alternative fueled vehicles required for compliance with this subsection to ensure those rules are consistent with any guidance issued pursuant to section 303 of this Act.».

Eddie Kasalivich, an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, works as a technician for a scientific team that discovers an alternative, low - cost, pollution - free fuel source.

For its part, UPS was an early adopter of cleaner vehicles, and today operates upwards of 2,500 low - emission vehicles that run on alternative fuels and technologies.

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the average fuel consumption of its new vehicles using a combination of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →