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How to make your own biodiesel

There are at least three ways to run a diesel engine on biofuel using vegetable oils, animal fats or both. All three are used...

What Does Nissan Do About Hybrid Cars?

Nissan has been building their Altima hybrid cars at their Smyrna, Tennessee plant, which has the capacity of building up to 50,000 vehicles. If...

Hydrogen Powered Bike

How about this little bike? I ride a very beautiful bike but it doesn't go 239km/h (150mph)!!! What if we all ride bikes and fuel...

How much does it cost to make the world carbon free?

Are you carbon neutral yet? It sure seems like everyone else is. Al Gore has wiped away his carbon footprint. The World Bank aims...

Abu Dhabi plans the world's first fossil free city

It may seem strange that the emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the planet's largest suppliers of oil, is planning to build the world's first carbon-neutral city.

Diesel or Hydrogen?

by Jack Peckham San Diego-Futurists talk dreamily of a "hydrogen future" where the internal combustion engine and fossil fuels are replaced by "clean" hydrogen and...

Hydrogen Powered Lawn Mower

This is maybe a lawn mower's engine, but I think it would work for any engine. What do you think?

Ballard's Vision Of a Hydrogen Hybrid Car

This is the Ballard vision of a hydrogen-electric car. I also think this would be the most efficient method of combining the silence and...

Hydrogen From Water – 3 Production Methods

Getting hydrogen from water is one of today's hottest and fastest-evolving areas in the renewable energy world. The basic methods for hydrogen production, though, have remained the same...