Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'efficiency'
Consumers want greater fuel efficiency
This is a little old, and I'm only linking to it now for our American readers, the Europeans, will of course be on top of this sort of thing... There is a recent poll which shows there is considerable appetite...
A biofuels polemic from Huffington Post
If you are interested in the environmental impact of biofuels in the US check this polemic on the Huffington Post. Makes some good points about the end to end efficiency of biofuels in the automotive sector. You can't comment on...
1000 entries and what have we learned?
Put out the flags. I've reached the 1000 post mark. I started this in October 2006 with an open if sceptical mind. Its been a lot of fun so far. I've met a whole bunch of people who have commented...
Why fuel efficiency might not help reduce gasoline consumption
I've been happily espousing the cause of greater fuel efficiency in this blog over the past few months as a way of reducing fuel consumption. I may have been wrong. I've just discovered the Jevons paradox. To cut a long...
Silicon Valley in thrall to the car
There's a graphic post over on Green Wombat, about just how the US is in thrall to inefficent cars. It takes the stance that Silicon Valley is one of the most 'green' areas in California, yet they commute long distances...
Cool fleets
After my earlier post about elephants and fuel efficiency, I came across this, coolfleets, put together by the Sierra Club and Donlen Corporation, It lets you compare the price of running a number of different types of car fleet. The...
Ethanol is not really the answer, from corn at least
Tom Philpott has written a good Report over on Grist, connecting the recent study on biofuels published by the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry with a new one from the University of Minnesota. The killer quote from the University of...
Fuel efficiency to be main focus at Frankfurt Motor Show
Fuel efficiency to be main focus at Frankfurt Motor Show, according to Product reviews net. This has to be a good thing. There is little point in people switching to biofuels (which are very resource intensive -- it takes as...
Yellow is not green
Yellow is not green, necessarily. Using yellow corn to make green ethanol for cars is not necessarily the most environmentally sensitive way of making biofuels. Using biofuels in cars with poor fuel economy is close to being a profligate waste...
US gasoline might reach $6.40/gal
US gasoline prices might reach $6.40/gal according to Ankle-Biting-Pundits, discussing the Renewable Fuels, Consumer Protection and Energy Efficiency Act of 2007, which seems has generated some interesting debate (at least initially, it soon wanders off in to the yah-boo which...
Reflections on Energy Awareness Month
I after sleeping on it I have decided that the whole idea of October being energy awareness month in the US is almost as lame as the EPA's energy awareness site site . I mean, do me a favour, it...
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