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GMs HCCI engine improves fuel efficiency by 15%

Posted by priyankakhanghta on 23/05/2009

Many hybrid cars fail because of their fuel efficiency, battery problem, emission test failure, excessive noise and other technical glitches. GM motors has taken certain steps to improve the fuel efficiency of its existing hybrid cars and has made...

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Renewable Energy Standard May Save $200B In Annual Energy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 21/05/2009

Energy efficiency and renewable energy standards could save U.S. consumers $200 billion a year by 2030.There also is an equal opportunity for the commercial and industrial sectors to save money by the U.S. adopting more aggressive renewable energy measures, panelists said at a May 21 press confer ...

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Nanotechnology solar project produces green hydrogen

Posted by priyankakhanghta on 19/05/2009

Nanotechnology solar hydrogen project won the E.ON research award this year. The topic of the award was the application of nanotechnology in the energy sector. The project produced green hydrogen by utilizing suns energy along with biomass and...

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Obama to Call for 42 MPG Standard by 2016

Posted by Environmental Leader on 18/05/2009

Initial reports vary on the miles per gallon, but President Obama is expected to announce much higher mileage standards for cars sold in the U.S. market.With an announcement set for May 19, President Obama will set new standards beginning in 2012 and ramping up by 2016.By 2016, every carmakerR ...

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Go the veggie way, save the planet

Posted by priyankakhanghta on 16/05/2009

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet, rightly said by Albert Einstein. People in the 19th century consumed more and more meat and believed that...

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