With gasoline prices at record levels, volatility in the Middle East and fresh memories of gunky brown clouds blanketing the Wasatch Front last winter, a small group of Utahns maintains hope that others will follow their lead.
Alternative fuel vehicles have been around for years but have yet to make significant inroads in the auto retail market. If anything, some worry that the opposite is true: Vehicles seem larger and more fuel-consumptive than ever.
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"Fuel Cells & Alternative Energy: Engineering a Future We Can Live With - Now."
Deerfield Beach, FL Prweb - PTGTV is pleased to announce the selection of the Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center for its innovative, educational television series, "Pulse on America." The Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center will be featured in a segment on Fuel Cell Projects and Renewable Fuels in the Special Report Series. The featured segment is will address “Fuel Cells & Alternative Energy and the need to Engineer a Future We Can Live With – Now.”
Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center (CGFCC) aims to combine the necessary elements of science, engineering and society to make fuel cells a feasible energy conversion technology for a “sustainable civilization.” The Center’s focal point is to be a leader in fuel cell research and engineering so that Connecticut will be the primary global venue for the fuel cell industry as well as providing fuel cell education, development and deployment.
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Biodieselathome.net, a company that leads the field in alternative fuel information services has recently launched a service to assist visitors in making fuel alternatives at home.
Florida Prweb - Biodieselathome.net, a company dedicated to the spread of information about alternative fuels has recently introduced instructions for making inexpensive alternative fuels at home.
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Leon Schumacher has other ideas for soybean oil than using it to cook french fries.
He is using the liquid to fuel diesel engines - and says the outcome is cleaner air and longer lasting vehicles.
"We've been looking at alternative energy resources," says Schumacher, a professor in University of Missouri's department of biological and agricultural engineering. "We're hoping the product could increase the life of the engine" and the time between oil changes.
Since 1991, Schumacher has been studying ways to use soybean oil to reduce U.S. dependency on non-U.S. oil. He says his product burns the same as diesel fuel but emits less pollution. The only disadvantage, he says, is its high production cost.
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