Is the next new fuel fad….olive oil? The organizers of a Pittsburgh-area effort aimed at collecting used oil from restaurants and turning it into biofuels hope so. The Post-Gazette has the details on an olive and vegetable oil-fueled truck that’s driving from eatery to eatery in Oakland. It’s GTECH Strategies’ alternative-energy vehicle in a pilot campaign to [...]
Checking in on broader energy trends: The U.S. Senate has voted to give a U.S. Navy alternative energy program a second shot. A $170 million effort to convert half of the Navy’s fuel supply to alternative sources by 2020 was torpedoed by both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees earlier this year. Both panels [...]
The White House announced several green army initiatives aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels on the battlefield. The “Army Green Warrior Convoy” is a new lab located in Detroit that will test and develop fuel cell, hybrid, and battery technologies for military vehicles. The Obama Administration also announced a competition to design new [...]
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