The world may have hit automobile saturation, which is evidenced by a sharp decline in car sales across the United States and Europe.
Since the great global economic meltdown of 2007-2008, car sales in the developed world have declined steadily...
Automobile manufacturer, Toyota, has recently given the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) four fuel cell hybrid vehicles.
The hybrids, advanced FCHV-adv models, are on loan by Toyota through a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. NREL...
Raising temperatures influence growth and health of all plant species on the planet. This has already been observed as warming has been taking place since the last Ice Age. However, recent changes have caused rapid warming and it is...
An economist from the University of East Anglia (UEA) claims that greenhouse gas emission trading schemes prevent people from reducing their carbon footprints.
Dr Grischa Perino, many of the recommendations by governmental officials and environmental NGOs within the European Union...
A new survey conducted just before the elections in November last year in the US indicated that politicians, who do not acknowledge climate change, significantly limit their chances of winning.
A Yale Project on Climate Change Communication showed that public...
During combustion, hydrocarbon fuels emit water and carbon dioxide. Really, all good fuels are rich in hydrogen, if only they didn't have those nasty carbons attached to them. Pure hydrogen may just be the perfect fuel, as it emits...
I've been following Tesla Motors for a long time now, just about ten years since its inception in 2003. There haven't really been too many set-backs, per se, just painstakingly slow progress. While there are still a bit over...
The gas tax, as high as 49¢/gal in New York, is meant to supply funds to maintain highways and roads in the state. This is probably the fairest tax plan when compared to flat taxes or fees, because drivers...
Anyone who's been considering an electric vehicle knows that one of the “limitations” is range and recharging time. For commuters, this really doesn't enter into the picture as long as their jobs are located within that range. On...
Since the beginning of time, there have always been Do-It-Yourself-ers, and sometimes all it takes is a great idea from a backyard inventor to make a great thing even better. Alternative fuels are no different, and some of the...
