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Supermarkets Tackle Emissions Reductions, Fuel Efficiency

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Supermarkets are taking different roads to efficiency like Star Market in Massachusetts, aimed at reducing emissions, and Brookshire Grocery in Texas, which is addressing fleet efficiency.Star Market Newton, Mass., is the first grocery store in the U.S. to receive the Environmental Protection Age ...

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Airbus ‘Sharklet’ Wingtip Design Reduces Fuel Use 3.5%

Posted by Environmental Leader on 16/11/2009

Airbus is developing new “Sharklet” wingtip devices for its A320 aircraft that are expected to cut fuel burn by 3.5 percent and reduce 730 metric tons of CO2 emissions per plane annually, reports AIN. This also translates into a fuel savings of $220,000 annually per aircraft, accordin ...

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Video: Hydrogen-powered Toyota Highlander gets 431-mile range

Posted by DeshRaj on 14/11/2009

Two Toyota Highlander fuel cell hybrid vehicles advanced (FCHV-adv) recently finished a 331-mile round trip drive between Torrance and San Diego, California. The surplus fuel in the tanks suggested that the SUVs could have easily crossed the...

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Acta Energy's new hydrogen bike exhibited at 2009 EICMA motor show

Posted by AditiJ on 14/11/2009

Acta Energy is out with its novel invention that was exhibited at the 2009 EICMA motor show in Milan. Standing in the shows "green planet" area, which is dedicated to companies that show their latest models of electric and hybrid vehicles, the...

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Military Fuel Use Up 175% Since Vietnam

Posted by Environmental Leader on 11/11/2009

On a per-soldier basis, the amount of fuel used by the U.S. military in combat operation is up 175 percent since the Vietnam War, according to new analysis by Deloitte.While today’s soldier consumes about 22 gallons of fuel per day, that amount is projected to grow 1.5 percent a year throug ...

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