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Smithsonian
September 2005
Frances Cerra Whittelsey |
Phenomena and Curiosities: Fuel For Thought Cars that run on vegetable oil? Do-it-yourselfers and entrepreneurs alike fill 'er up with the nation's fastest-growing propellant.   |
Wired
June 26, 2007
John Voelcker |
How Slick It Is! Fill 'Er Up With Cooking Oil, Not Crude Oil No need to battle for a spot on the Prius waiting list. If you want to drive a green machine, just troll craigslist for an old diesel car or truck. Any diesel engine can run on vegetable oil. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Help Gas Mileage for Under $100 Two cheap and relatively simple car modifications can help you gain a couple miles to the gallon. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2006
Mike Allen |
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? Before we can debate national energy policy -- or even decide which petroleum substitutes might make sense for our personal vehicles -- we need to know how these things stack up in the real world. So we crunched the numbers on alternative fuels. |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007
Clive Thompson |
Motorhead Messiah Johnathan Goodwin can get 100 mpg out of a Lincoln Continental, cut emissions by 80%, and double the horsepower. Does the car business have the guts to follow him? |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2005
Brian Gorman |
ADM's Biodiesel Bet Biodiesel usage is poised to rise, and Archer Daniels Midland, a major processor of agricultural commodities, is readying itself to capture the benefits. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Big Oil Buys Into Biodiesel Big Oil is now selling biodiesel. Is this the first step on the road to freedom from imported oil? Investors may want to take a look at Archer Daniels Midland, soybean king Bunge, or farm machinery king Deere. |
Popular Mechanics
April 29, 2009
Dave Hubbard |
Biodiesel Barriers: Why New Diesel Engines Aren't Compatible With B100 I have been experimenting with making biodiesel for a few years now, and I am constantly watching what others in this field do as well. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Diesel Cars: 6 To Choose From Diesels used to be notorious for poor performance and smoky black emissions, but that's all changed. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2003
Mike Allen |
Replacing Your Cabin Air Filter Maybe you need to change the cabin air filter. If it's plugged, the passenger compartment might as well be a sealed cabin -- and with a carload of friends the glass will fog in minutes. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2005
Merle Henkenius |
Lawnmower Tuneup Lawnmowers are workhorses, especially if you give them some routine maintenance. Get yours running right in just four simple steps. |
Outside
October 2005
Sara Blask |
Food for Oil Shaun Murphy's new series on UPN shows how he can travel across 30-states using 30 vehicles powered by alternative fuel sources. |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To Soup Up Your Car A guide to everything from window tint to nitrous oxide systems. |
Popular Mechanics
April 23, 2009
Mile Allen |
Ethanol, Biodiesel, CNG and Propane Reality Check: Live from the Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Conference On the horizon: Cellulosic ethanol... Compressed Natural Gas is a serious option... Propane is here now... True biodiesel, for the most part, can be used in any diesel engine... |
PC Magazine
April 19, 2006
Bill Howard |
Diesel Cars Are Back What would it take to get you into a diesel engine car? Diesel now runs clean, has no engine clatter, is now the main fuel for some airplanes, and has recently been used in the Audi that won the 12 hour endurance race. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2003
Mike Allen |
Changing Your Oil And Filter The line at the quick-lube goes around the building and nearly to the street. But the auto parts store parking lot is empty -- now's your chance to show the wife that it really is cheaper and easier to change your own oil. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2009 |
How to Make Biodiesel With a Commercial Kit With the professionally engineered biodiesel systems available today, the process is simpler, safer, takes less time and yields more consistent results. |
Outside
September 2003
Florence Williams |
Grease is the Word Biodiesel is about to go big-time. Will the ski-bum town of Telluride, Colorado, become the green-fuel Houston? |
Fast Company
November 1, 2007 |
The Evolution of Diesel The Past: In response to the 1970s OPEC crisis, GM hastily rolls out diesel engines... The Present: Modern diesel engines achieve up to 40% better fuel efficiency than gas... The Future: Biodiesel engines burn renewable fuel grown... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
Erin Scottberg |
How to Make 4 Alternative Fuels at Home: Goodbye, Big Oil! Home recipes for ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hydrogen with new technologies |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004
David Welch |
Diesel Deserves A Second Chance It costs less and blows by gas on mileage but faces serious roadblocks in the U.S. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 57
David Bradley |
Sweet Solution to Energy Problem A new process for converting sugar into diesel fuel and feedstock chemicals for the manufacture of plastics, drugs, and other products, could help industry circumvent the problem of rising oil and natural gas prices. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Big Oil Doesn't Hate Hydrogen Oil companies can be nasty, sure, but alternative-energy fans have exaggerated their faults. Ignore the hype, investigate the technology, and invest accordingly. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Is Alternative Fuel Good or Bad for Food? While biodiesel may be good for our cars and the environment, it may not be great for our bellies and wallets. |
BusinessWeek
February 20, 2006
Gail Edmondson |
Diesel Gets Cleaner And Greener Daimler's new engine beats hybrids for pep and fuel efficiency, but it's not cheap. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Energy Edge While there are no exchange-traded funds tracking the biodiesel market exclusively, these ETFs invest in many different alternative energy sources. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
VeraSun's Corn Utopia There's ethanol. And the company's move into biodiesel could pay off in three other ways. This is good news for investors. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Bill Howard |
Why Buy a Hybrid? Make a hybrid out of the diesel car and you'd likely cut emissions further. |
Car and Driver
March 2004
Frank Markus |
Tech Stuff: Diesel's Last Stand? Diesels now offer superior performance, fuel economy, and longevity, but have CARB and the EPA made outlaws of them? |
Popular Mechanics
November 1, 2007
James Parchman |
Biofuel Diesel Motorcycle Wins At Bonneville International Speed Trials Despite adverse weather and a limited amount of track time, the Hayes Diversified Technologies' B20-fuel diesel motorcycle race went on to break records. |
Wired
December 2005 |
As Prices Rise, Technologies Emerge Energy innovations that once seemed off-the-charts expensive are becoming potentially profitable alternatives. The reason: rising long-term oil prices, which make these methods more cost-effective by comparison. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Rick Zalesky |
Integrating Biofuels into the Fuel Supply Biofuels are but one part of a larger story -- the transition to a broader portfolio of efficient, environmentally favorable fuels, both petroleum- and biomass-based, that will supply tomorrow's vehicles. |
Food Processing
September 2006
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Robbing food to pay fuel Will efforts to find alternatives to oil, such as corn-derived ethanol, have us someday competing with our own SUVs for food? |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
ADM Wins Biodiesel Bet The agribusiness giant should benefit from new EPA regulations on diesel. |
Inc.
May 1, 2003
Patrick J. Sauer |
No Oil, No Problem Pitching an alternative fuel made from soybeans. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2006
Brian Gorman |
Biodiesel Flood A recent announcement from a French company suggests that biodiesel supply could quickly outpace demand, and that could spell trouble for Archer Daniels Midland. Investors, take note. |
