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With electricity and gasoline prices climbing again, many mainstream homeowners are giving a new look to wind generator plans as a low cost DIY family project that will save big bucks in the long run.

Our transportation portfolio is in desperate need of diversification because right now it’s downright pathetic.

Chances are you could get by with an electric car.

Compressed-Air Powered cars could take you over 800 miles on a single fill-up, at speeds of up to 96 mph. They should be refillable in less than 3 minutes, and at speeds over 35 mph emit about half the CO2 of a Toyota Prius. Oh yeah, and you could see them in the US at the end of next year.

The growing gasoline giveaway marketing craze is truly crazy, encouraging consumers to continue to drive inefficient vehicles rather than changing their behavior.

The PLX Kiwi dashboard computer plugs into your car and provides real-time info on how your driving habits affect gas usage — and how to correct them for maximum fuel efficiency.

Global Community Communications Alliance encourages everyone to proclaim their independence from fossil fuels on the 5th day of every month until gas prices are brought down significantly. The campaign's slogan is: “Freedom, not Fueldom.”

Another reason to hate high fuel prices.

As you know, gas prices go up every day. Many years ago we could buy a gallon of gasoline for only $1. And how much does it cost now? More than $4 per gallon. That's why so many people have been looking for a way to increase gas mileage and save money. And finally, inventors have found a solution of this problem.

Mazda's newest hydrogen rotary engine will take to public roads in Japan for testing this year.

The greatest show on earth.

Liquid anhydrous ammonia is one of the least talked about alternative fuels for cars that runs with little engine modification, is cheaper than gasoline, and has no CO2 emissions.

As much of the news in America focuses on the troubles of gasoline at $4 per gallon, it is worthwhile to look around the world and see the effects of high gas prices there as well, especially how it impacts one’s carbon footprint and global warming.

Cool idea.

Because of skyrocketing fuel prices, consumers are turning to gas savers to cut costs at the pump and lower emissions.

According to the AAA, Americans drove 4.3% fewer miles on public roads in March.

Have you ever been told that you drive like a grandma? If so, good for you!

Based on a recent poll, nearly 90% of Americans made an adjustment in their life to help offset the rising cost of gasoline.  Remember when gas hit $2 and everyone freaked out? Remember when gas hit $3 and people started saying they were going to stop driving, but didn't? Well, it looks like $4 gas, in these tough economic times, is the real breaking point.

Senator Jeff Bingaman delivers a speech on the Senate floor pointing out the flaws in the Senate Republican energy proposal and calling instead for bipartisan support of a plan to put more oil on the market.The Senate is to vote on a Republican plan that would, among other things, open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to drilling. In his speech, however, Bingaman says that there are millions of acres yet to be leased in areas poised for drilling. And, he says, millions of other acres have been leased, but no drilling has yet occurred.

Senator Nelson argues that drilling in environmentally sensitive areas is not a remedy for rising fuel prices.

General Motors announced today it would be entering into a strategic relationship with Mascoma Corp., a second-generation biofuel company with the technology to produce cellulosic ethanol from non-food sources via a single-step biochemical conversion. This is GM’s second investment in a cellulosic ethanol company, after announcing partnership with Coskata back in January.

 While the price at the pump is not expected to ease anytime soon, experts at General Motors say there are ways drivers can ease the number of trips to the gas station. Adhering to the recommended speed limits is one way to conserve fuel says experts.

Chairman Markey's closing statement at "Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Record Gas Prices" hearing in which he calls onPresident Bush to use oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to offset rising fuel prices.

Representative Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman of the House Select Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee, discusses the solutions Democrats haveoffered for rising gasoline prices, and denounces Republican efforts to block them.

Texas Governors sides with Big Oil and Big Food to crush competition to gasoline

Anyone inclined to celebrate Big Oil's recent misfortunes had better hold off on the champagne. For however badly the Western firms may have behaved, the new global oil barons could one day leave environmental and social activists nostalgic for the bad old days of ExxonMobil.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have made a potentially ground-breaking discovery in the production of biofuels from sustainable, non-food sources. By heating cellulosic plant material to between 750 and 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit in the presence of a catalyst, then quickly cooling it, the team of graduate students led by associate professor George W. Huber was able to produce a mixture of hydrocarbons identical to gasoline in less than two minutes.

Car sales to Americans have fallen well below normal this year so far. This is an anomaly for the DiTech home re-fi'ing American public. The drop in sales portends future drops in sales, since Americans no longer have easy credit or home refinancing available to drop increasingly worthless dollars on gasoline-sucking self-propelled cages.

Range Fuels Inc. announced yesterday it has secured over $100 million in Series B funding, an investment that could make it the first company to seriously commercialize cellulosic ethanol.

Porsche 912 turned out to be a sales success, outselling the 911 for the first two years they were both on the market. Ultimately, though, the faster and more expensive 911 won out and the 912 was discontinued.