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Hydrogen Technology Steams Ahead
Source: ScienceDaily

Hydrogen is widely considered to be a potential replacement for fossil fuels, but it is costly to extract. There are also often high levels of greenhouse gases emitted during conventional methods of production.

Watermelons: The Fuel Of The Future?
Source: whataboutwatermellon

According to studies by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Oklahoma, the simple sugars found inside a 20-pound watermelon can be converted to yield seven-tenths of a pound of ethanol.

Price Is EV's Elephant in the Room
Source: Wired News

"There's a shroud of denial that regularly excludes the real cost of battery electric vehicles from discussion of their considerable benefits," he says.

Hydrogen propulsion: five questions and answers
Source: autoblog

This article gives easy to understand answers about the use of hydrogen as a fuel source.

Turkish students get 568 km from one liter of hydrogen in tiny SAH�°MO car
Source: autobloggreen

Going 568 kilometers (353 miles) on a liter of hydrogen is nothing to scoff at, but for the students at Sakarya University in northwestern Turkey who built the SAHİMO vehicle, it's simply not good enough.

The Great Submarine Burp: Methane from the oceans could power the world
Source: The Economist

"...Much effort is quietly going into the pursuit of what is probably the world's greatest store of fossil fuel—caches of methane, the primary component of natural gas, stored in structures called methane hydrates, or clathrates (a general term for gas molecules trapped by wa …

Sugar-to-hydrogen car proposal overcomes three of four obstacles - TECH.BLORGE.com
Source: tech.blorge.com

ammonia borane, aluminum, now sugar, we'll be filling up at Dunkin Donuts, no really!!!!???

An Exciting Breakthrough For The Hydrogen Economy
Source: Reuters

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pellets made out of aluminum and gallium can produce pure hydrogen when water is poured on them, offering a possible alternative to gasoline-powered engines, U.S. scientists say.

Flex Vehicles Can Feast on E85
Source: Wired News

Owners of flex fuel vehicles who wish to cut the nation's oil dependency will soon have less of an excuse for not filling up with ethanol.

MercuryNews.com | 02/26/2006 | Ethanol in the spotlight
Source: TheState.com

Silicon Valley jumps in on the ethanol bandwagon. A number of companies and venture capitalists usually associated with computer or information technology are showing strong interest in ethanol generation, particularly using enzyme-based fermentation methods.

India, France to power ties through n-energy, trade
Source: newkerala.com

From NewKerala.com, Feb. 20, 2006. France and India announce a sweeping strategic pact built around France's technological expertise in assisting the development of the nuclear power industry in India.

UPS Expands 'Green Fleet' with 50 Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
Source: earthvision.net

UPS announced today the placement of an order for 50 next generation low emissions delivery vehicles featuring hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology. The company said in an article reported in Greenbiz.com, that it will acquire 4100 low emission conventional vehicles in 2006.

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