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Climate change in California – Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program

The Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program (abbreviated as AFVIP, also known as Fueling Alternatives) is funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), offered throughout the State of California and administered by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE). A total of $25 million was appropriated to promote the use and production of vehicles capable [...]

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Flexible-fuel vehicle – History

The first commercial flexible fuel vehicle was the Ford Model T, produced from 1908 through 1927. It was fitted with a carburetor with adjustable jetting, allowing use of gasoline or ethanol, or a combination of both. Other car manufactures also provided engines for ethanol fuel use. Henry Ford continued to advocate for ethanol as fuel [...]

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Alternative fuel – Biofuel

Biofuels are also considered a renewable source. Although renewable energy is used mostly to generate electricity, it is often assumed that some form of renewable energy or at least it is used to create alternative fuels. Biomass Biomass in the energy production industry is living and recently dead biological material which can be used as [...]

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Big Ideas for a Small Planet – Introduction

”Big Ideas for a Small Planet” is an American documentary series on the Sundance Channel which focuses on environmental innovations such as alternative fuel and green building techniques. The series premiered on the iTunes Store prior to its release on the Sundance Channel on April 17, 2007. The television series is part of The Green, [...]

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2007 State of the Union Address – Speech

The President’s speech focused equally on domestic policy and foreign policy. Domestic policy Bush placed emphasis on balancing the federal budget, eliminating excessive earmarks, changing the tax code to replace the existing business tax exemption to workers health insurance premiums with a new personal health insurance deduction, providing health care for needy individuals, and expanding [...]

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Green vehicle – Types

Green vehicles include vehicles types that function fully or partly on alternative energy sources other than fossil fuel or less carbon intensive than gasoline or diesel. Another option is the use of alternative fuel composition in conventional fossil fuel-based vehicles, making them function partially on renewable energy sources. Other approaches include personal rapid transit, a [...]

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Low-carbon fuel standard – Introduction

low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) is a rule enacted to reduce carbon intensity in transportation fuels as compared to conventional petroleum fuels, such as gasoline and diesel. The most common low-carbon fuels are alternative fuels and cleaner fossil fuels, such as natural gas (CNG and LPG). The main purpose of a low-carbon fuel standard is to [...]

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Automobile – Future car technologies

Automobile propulsion technology under development include gasoline/electric and plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles, hydrogen cars, biofuels, and various alternative fuels. Research into future alternative forms of power include the development of fuel cells, Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition, stirling engines, and even using the stored energy of compressed air or liquid nitrogen. New materials which may [...]

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Green vehicle – Introduction

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Green vehicle, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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California Proposition 87 (2006) – Arguments in favor

Proponents of 87 included Laura Keegan Bordeau, CEO of the American Lung Association of California, Winston Hickox, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and Jamie Court, President of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (now Consumer Watchdog. The California Voter Information Guide for the 2006 election contains the following arguments in favor [...]

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Energy policy of Australia – Fossil fuels

Oil= Petrol In the transport sector, fuel subsidies reduce petrol prices by $0.38/L. This is very significant, given current petrol prices in Australia of around $1.20 per litre. The acceptable petrol prices hence result in Australia’s petroleum consumption at 28.9 GL every year. Removal of this subsidy will make petrol prices rise to around $1.60/L [...]