Fueling US Forward is a front group for the Koch Brothers. Its mission is to promote the use of fossil fuels so its masters can get even wealthier and continue their quest to buy the entire US government. A few weeks ago, it released a video that does a hatchet job on electric cars, suggesting that they pollute the environment far more than conventional cars could ever … [Read more...] about New Fueling US Forward Video Warns Of Danger From EV Subsidies
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CEO Of Royal Dutch Shell Says His Next Car Will Be A Plug-in Hybrid
Ben Van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest oil companies in the world, says when he gets a new car this September it will be a Mercedes S Class 500e, a plug-in hybrid with a 13.3 kWh battery and an all electric range of about 19 miles. Some of you will be laughing up your sleeves at this news. 19 miles of range? That hardly qualifies as … [Read more...] about CEO Of Royal Dutch Shell Says His Next Car Will Be A Plug-in Hybrid
France Plans To Ban Sale Of Cars With Internal Combustion Engines By 2040
Nicholas Hulot, the new environmental minister for France, has announced a 5-year plan that will lead to that country becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The plan is part of France's commitment to the Paris climate accords. One feature of the proposal would prohibit the sale of all cars with internal combustion engines by the year 2040. Au Revoir To Internal Combustion … [Read more...] about France Plans To Ban Sale Of Cars With Internal Combustion Engines By 2040
GAS2 Report: “Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want”
We here at CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 are launching our first report. It's a report that was made possible by the thousands of readers who completed a handful of surveys we created to dive deeper into the electric car market. I think the report, Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want, fills a number of important information gaps, and includes ma … [Read more...] about GAS2 Report: “Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want”
We Were Supposed to Run Out of Oil This Year
According to a 1975 report by petroleum industry experts, the United States was set to be completely independent of Mid East oil by 2015. So was every other country on Earth, "because, statistically, that will be the year the last barrel of oil is pumped from the last well on Earth." This prediction came from a September 28, 1975 article in the Brownsville Herald that was … [Read more...] about We Were Supposed to Run Out of Oil This Year
BP Estimates The World Has just 53.3 Years Of Oil Left
Big Oil companies know better than most just how much oil is left in the world. The thing is, can you really trust an industry whose own estimates vary widely depending on the year and economic climate? USA Today reports that the latest BP global oil reserve estimates gives the world just 53.3 years of easy energy left. After that, the crystal ball gets fuzzy. How much oil … [Read more...] about BP Estimates The World Has just 53.3 Years Of Oil Left
Neil Young vs. Canadian Tar Sands (w/ video)
He's weather-beaten and leathery, and maybe doesn't sound quite as good as he did back when Keep on Rockin' in the Free World introduced him to the Gen Xers, but Neil Young has some serious green credentials. From his home-built chopper to his 2009 "concept" album about electric cars, Neil lets his green flag fly- and he's putting whatever's left of his Rock n' Roll rage up … [Read more...] about Neil Young vs. Canadian Tar Sands (w/ video)
Gas Prices Will Climb Even Higher In 2012
2011 was a bad year for gas prices, but a good year for Big Oil. 2012 is shaping up to be even worse, with a perfect storm of ending energy subsidies, uncertainty in the world’s busiest oil-shipping corridor, and growing demand from developing nations. Could this be the first year of $5 a gallon gasoline? In the year 2011, gas prices averaged over $3.50 a gallon nationwide, 7 … [Read more...] about Gas Prices Will Climb Even Higher In 2012
OriginOil’s ‘Pond Scum’ Algae Biofuel Needs Less Pond, Gets More Scum
Algae biofuel pioneer OriginOil, Inc. has come up with a new, more efficient design for growing algae for biofuel, using the kind of microalgae that blooms naturally in ponds. With the help of lenses that channel solar radiation within layers of algae, the new system greatly reduces the amount of pond acreage needed to grow algae crops. The new system could help algae biofuel … [Read more...] about OriginOil’s ‘Pond Scum’ Algae Biofuel Needs Less Pond, Gets More Scum
Tires Made From Renewable Materials Commercially Possible Within 5 Years
There are about 1 billion tires made each year; each and every one of them uses 7 gallons of crude oil to produce. Although 7 billion gallons is just a small blip (0.5%) of the overall global annual use of crude oil (~1.3 trillion gallons), figuring out a way to make tires from something other than crude oil will, nonetheless, clearly help us in our goal to a sustainable … [Read more...] about Tires Made From Renewable Materials Commercially Possible Within 5 Years