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dpk262006 @dpk262006 (58679) • Delhi, India 8 Sep 17

Most of the cars run either on petrol, diesel or Compressed Natural Gas. Vehicles which run on Petrol and diesel cause air pollution. There is need to reduce the pollution, therefore, there is talk of finding alternative fuels...

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Willie Nelson and "BioWillie"

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 18 Apr 17

I came across some information this week about Willie Nelson, the singer, who was also famous for introducing “BioWillie”, his brand of a clean-burning fuel made from soybeans. Have you ever heard about this? Evidently, this...

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Does anyone know about the green petrol?

raghwagh @raghwagh (1527) • India 20 Jul 12

Recently few years research is going on an alternative to Petrol. There were some research on creating an alternative petrol from some trees or remains of some fruits like orange skin. Do you think such alternative petrol options...

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Should we be looking for alternative fuel sources?

Lmfisher666 @Lmfisher666 (820) • United States 1 Jul 12

With the oil drying up, are we going to start using these, or will it be too late when the oil is gone? I know they have put efforts into this, but the oil companies are holding them back. What are your thoughts on this?

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energy

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So we're still driving gas powered vehicles why again??

Oneironaut @_sketch_ (5742) • United States 21 Jan 11

The technology for hydrogen powered cars has been available for decades now, so why aren't they on the U.S. market? In my best bet, big oil. You might have heard about Stan Meyers (inventor of a hydrogen car) who died a very...

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Will gas EVER go back down??

LaLa Leo @mrscallands22 (2851) • United States 7 Oct 10

I know that I shouldn't even be asking this question.. as I already know the answer. But, geez... I miss when a gallon of gas was like $1.. to $1.09. At one point, here where I live, gas was almost $5 a gallon!! It went back down...

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Trash truck runs on what it collects!

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 5 Feb 09

http://www.gizmag.com/electric-garbage-truck-is-powered-by-garbage/10915/ Here's a good one..A UK based Garbage truck has been converted to Electric Drive..and it's charged up by the electricity generated from the incineration of...

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garbage

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Drill, baby, drill!

Meljep @Meljep (1666) • United States 4 Sep 08

We need to figure out how to be less dependant on foreign countries for our oil. What do you think the solution is for this. Should we put wind turbines up, should we drill for oil in Alaska?

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Are biofuels an environmentally bad idea?

Uroborus @Uroborus (908) • Canada 3 Aug 08

There is a boom happening right now in the biofuels industry. The US, Canada and Europe are planning to increase production 10 fold over the next 10 years. The published research I've seen has more papers that show a negative...

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Hydroxy injection fuel supliment in cars

xfahctor @xfahctor (14113) • Lancaster, New Hampshire 1 Aug 08

I've been wrestling with this one for a while now. It is a subject of much debate and there is vast evidence on both sides, but the "it works" side is winning so far for me. Let me explain. I saw a while ago, an add for plans to...

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Where should we look for alternative fuel sources?

shamsta19 @shamsta19 (3224) • United States 14 Jul 08

With the price of crude oil and gasoline skyrocketing out of control, and the issues of global warming and our ozone, what should our next move be? Where do we began investing our energy and effort? What is the most practical...

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Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol ...

ladyluna @ladyluna (7004) • United States 16 Jun 08

Hello All, The race is on to find a 'cure' for the world's crude-oil blues. We've seen technology and entrepreneurship lead the way toward deep-sea drilling, sand tar pit oil extraction, shale-oil hydrofracturing technology,...

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brazilian

sugar cane

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Corn as fuel?

its-logos-plus-logic @flowerchilde (12529) • United States 24 Apr 08

I've heard recently that some third world countries are becoming very angry with us over the rocketing price for corn (and other grains) as the prices rise with our using them for fuels, and thus more people are now starving..!...

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Alternative Fuels

huppsterdave5125 @huppsterdave5125 (279) • United States 8 Apr 08

Well most of us know that we are in a enrgy crisis that is only going to get worse. Gas prices continue to rise as the oil reserves around the world are being depleted. We have peaked oil production a long time ago and now we are...

Gas Crunch: Putting Us On Path To The Future.

DarlingGirl @DarlingGirl (745) • United States 18 May 07

I was musing last night on how it used to be when people began driving oil cars and hybrid cars. Firstly it was so expensive to buy a hybrid or electric car that many people were buying them as status symbols for the Green...

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hydrogen is the best next generation fuel instead for the petroleum.............

shadey @shadey (120) • India 24 Jan 07

The good alternative next fuel for the existing fuel is the hydrogen as the fuel as it has got all the good characteristics which are to be possed by the good fuel and it is also cheaply available and in very very large quantity

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Can civilization survive without oil ?

xpress @xpress (68) • Philippines 14 Dec 06

Some experts believed that the peak oil issue will accelerate into the decline of our civilization as we know it today. Can alternative fuels replace our dependence on oil? Is our civilization really prepared for the post-oil...

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Hydrogen cars and other alternative fueled vehicles

melanie652 @melanie652 (2524) • United States 3 Dec 06

I saw on the news today about an alternative fuel car show in California. We've already seen the hybrids and bio-diesel vehicles. Now the next generation is hydrogen. The by product is water when it burns off! Are these...

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Gas prices are way to high!

OneShot @OneShot (188) • United States 19 Oct 06

The price of fuel is skyrocketing out of control. Admittedly the price in the US has dropped some over the past month or so, due most likely to the decrease in summer vacation driving, and many people are happy about that. But...

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