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Agave Ethanol Could Replace Petrol Without Displacing Food Crops

Mircea Sandru — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:59:45 +0000

In recent years, those voices saying that using corn crops to produce biofuels is a bad idea are increasingly common. Taking into account the concentration of carbon emitted into the atmosphere and the high prices of grain, many people said that corn ethanol proved to be worse than oil. The agave plants nevertheless proved that […]

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First Affordable Mass Produced Electric Car in the World Comes from Volkswagen

Florin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:17:43 +0000

In Frankfurt - Germany, Europe's biggest car manufacturer, Volkswagen and the Japanese group Toshiba signed an agreement to develop the new VW electric cars together.

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First Luxury Hybrid in the World Coming From Lexus

Florin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:23:59 +0000

There's nothing new when we hear that Toyota launches a new hybrid. But now it's a little different, as we are talking about the first luxury hybrid in the world, created by Lexus this time (Toyota's luxury trademark).

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