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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.
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Popular Mechanics September 10, 2009 Larry Webster	The Future of Diesel in the US: Analysis Ford and GM -- and now Chrysler -- have access to perfectly competent diesel cars produced by their European arms. And there's still a steady, slow increase of diesels, mostly from the German manufacturers.
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IEEE Spectrum October 2010 Lawrence Ulrich	The Greening of the Supercar Ferraris, just like Fords, must now conform to environmental regulations
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IEEE Spectrum May 2007 John Voelcker	Eyes on the Prize Here, the author sits in on energy equivalence debates -- with millions of dollars for a "100 mpg car" riding on the results. The impetus for the session -- and the Auto X Prize itself -- is the growing awareness of climate change.
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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.
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Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall	How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.
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