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VT-REX Makes Gas Guzzlers Look Like Dinosaurs
One of the problems with the fuel alternative ethanol is it doesn’t pack as much energy density as gasoline—meaning fewer miles per gallon. But students from Virginia Tech University have proven that...
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Will Cutting Ethanol Subsidies Doom Alternative Fuels Development—and Will It...
The rhetoric about energy can get a little apocalyptic, and the latest debate over ethanol subsidies is no exception. According to the Iowa Corn Growers Association, going through with the Senate’s...
View ArticleA Return to $2 Gas?
It’s a new campaign pledge by Republican presidential hopeful Michelle Bachmann, but a close look at the history of U.S. gasoline prices indicates that turning the clock back to $2 gasoline would bring...
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A Truckers’ Strike Drives Home The Depth of São Paulo’s Dependence on Cars,...
In a city addicted to driving like São Paulo, a sudden shortage of fuel hits hard. With a fleet of 6.6 million vehicles in January, and about 630 more hitting the streets each day, fuel was taken for...
View ArticleNatural Gas for Cars
Does it make climate sense to drive cars with natural gas? Our nation appears to be rapidly moving to a natural gas-powered economy. Advances in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling...
View ArticleSo Near and Yet So Far: What Will It Take to Change the Way Americans Drive?
Change is hard in the world of energy, and nothing shows that more than attempts to change the deep roots of the vehicles Americans drive every day. Almost all the oil we use as a nation goes for...
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Gas Prices: How Low Can They Go?
Hoping for lower prices at the pump? Don’t hold your breath. Here’s why. During presidential election years, pretty much anything can become a political football. And so it‘s not surprising that with...
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Canada’s Laval is Custom-Built for Efficiency
Although the mileage turned in by the top performers in Shell Eco-marathon Americas may be eye-popping—typically about 2,000 miles per gallon (846 kilometers per liter)—the student competitors in the...
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With Duct Tape and Determination, Mater Dei Seeks to Defend Its Title
Mater Dei High School’s 6th gasoline prototype vehicles races for efficiency at Shell Eco-marathon in Houston today. Photo courtesy of Shell Eco-marathon. In order to gain easy access to work on the...
View ArticleLoyola Marymount’s Bamboo Car, Battered by Heat, Still Takes the Track
The effort to go green in building materials added to the challenges for the Loyola Marymount Senior Mechanical Engineers team at Shell Eco-marathon Americans 2013. Senior Van Weller explained that the...
View ArticleBiofuels at a Crossroads Forum Probes Key Climate Change Question
When President Obama unveiled his long-awaited climate change strategy this week, he never mentioned biofuels. (See “Obama Unveils Climate Strategy.”) But with nearly a third of U.S. greenhouse gas...
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On 40th Anniversary of Arab Oil Embargo, A Chance to Master Our Own Energy...
The 1973 oil embargo set the United States on a path to a more secure energy future, but we failed to see the transition fully through. National Geographic Image by Mark Thiessen. This week, the United...
View ArticleFormula E Racing Gears Up: How Does Electric Stack Up to Gasoline on the Track?
A new type of race car debuts Monday in Las Vegas with the public unveiling of the Spark-Renault SRT_01E, a fully electric vehicle capable of reaching 150 miles (241 kilometers) per hour or more. The...
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