Nonelectric Hybrid Engine Saves Fuel: Mechanical engineers in the UK are working on a combustion engine that can switch between operating as a four-stroke engine and a two-stroke engine, a system they estimate can cut fuel consumption in cars by 27 percent – MIT Technology Review.
VantagePoint’s Bill Green: Cash Beats Trees: Bill Green, VantagePoint’s managing director, has no pretensions about investing in cleantech and says it’s about the dollars and cents, not the owls and trees – Green Bang.
Bac2’s Tech Could Reduce Fuel Cell Costs: Bac2 says it will use blank bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells which cost 30 percent less than metal plates. The new technology is supposed to already meet the DOE’s automotive safety specs – Autoblog Green.
“Cellulosic Ethanol – Always the Bridesmaid?”: Neal Dikeman sounds off on where he thinks the cellulosic ethanol industry is going and ends with: “ethanol and biofuels will continue to be our highest cost liquid fuel for at least a decade” – Cleantech Blog.
Al Gore to Make Presidential Run: “Knowledgeable sources tell Grist” that the Vice President, climate change Cassandra and cleantech investor Al Gore will run for president in 2008. Fools rejoice! – Grist.
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