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Trump Administration looks to change fuel economy standards
One of the more significant regulatory requirements enacted by the Federal Government in recent decades are the fuel efficiency standards required...
Fuel Policy (2)
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World Cities that Seek to Be Car-Free
It’s a trend that has been circling the globe for the last few years. Cities placing restrictions on the use of cars. And it’s something that may...
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Gas shortage in the Southeast - What's the outlook?
There are 149 refineries in the United States, all working at high capacity around the clock to pump out enough gas and diesel to meet...
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France says to diesel fuel users: "no more"
It seems like Europe has always done things a little bit differently than over here in the United States. But this news takes that to a whole new...
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Electric cars pass 1 billion kilometers
Earlier this year (December 2014), Nissan announced that its top flagship electric car model Nissan Leaf has become the first electric car model to...
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World's largest "waste-to-ethanol" plant attracts royalty
The holy grail for ethanol has always been "can we make ethanol for gasoline out of stuff we can't eat?" More specifically, the big issue has been...
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Coming soon - more potholes. Highway Trust Fund Running Out of Money
What were you doing way back in 1993? Whitney Houston's iconic I Will Always Love You was the number one song in the land. Google would not be...
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Ethanol and the environment - the news isn't all good
The whole point of blending ethanol into gasoline across the nation was to improve the environment by making gasoline burn cleaner. Cleaner burning...
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No more tax breaks for ethanol in Australia
The United States isn't the only country wrestling with controversy over government subsidies and tax breaks over biofuels like ethanol. Now, the...