California closes 99%of Biofuel stations

Why? What good reason does California have for cutting consumers off of alternatve fuel??? Can we guess the gas companies have a hand in this? Join us thurs on frredomizer where Dave Acton and I will discuss this more and all current news:(

SPX Service Solutions to distribute charging stations for GM’s Volt

Lear Corp. reports $95.3 million in 3Q net income
Southfield-based Lear Corp. (NYSE: LEA) posted another quarter of net income gains during its third quarter due to increased global vehicle production and cost reductions implemented during the downturn.

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Local News
STEUBENVILLE – No one was injured in a two-vehicle accident that happened shortly after 6 a.m. today on U.S. Route 22 near the intersection with state Route 7.

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GE’s ‘Largest Order in History’ To Boost Electric-Car Market
General Electric, the conglomerate that produces everything from power-plant turbines to television shows, wants to jumpstart the electric-vehicle market.

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BMW to make scooter
MUNICH – BMW is going down the road of big scooters. This new product segment will first give rise to two innovative premium scooters with internal combustion engines. But BMW is also exploring a future alternative drive with electric motor.

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SPX Service Solutions to distribute charging stations for GM’s Volt
Warren-based SPX Service Solutions announced this week it has signed a contract with General Motors Co. to support the automakerand#8217;s home charging stations for its Chevrolet Volt electric car.

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County planning to build 240 vehicle-charging stations

Tesla Motors to Officially Open Tesla Factory – Home of the Model S
–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tesla opens manufacturing facility in Fremont, California

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What Everett has to pay for — whether it wants to or not
Here’s something that might shock you. The state mandated that all state agencies, cities and counties must get 40 percent of their fuel from electricity or biofuel by 2013. Just four years from now, the state’s requirement moves to 100 percent.

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Is the Battery Business Getting Charged Up?
It’s time for battery manufacturers to start showing some results.

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Novi looks to install electric vehicle charging stations
Electric-powered vehicles appear to be the future of the automotive industry.

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County planning to build 240 vehicle-charging stations
The internal combustion engine won’t be going the way of thehorse and buggy anytime soon, but, by this time next year,officials hope that owning a completely electric vehicle will be aviable alternative for getting around Tucson.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Prototype Installed on Solar Panel Tracking Arrays

EV-Charge America is displaying the Smartlet EV Charging Stations for use with 100% renewable energy applications powered by the sun. These installations will significantly reduce dependence on foreign oil and eliminate the generation of harmful green house gases. Huge solar tracking arrays like the one in this video in Las Vegas can provide sufficient power to charge hundreds of electric vehicles and still have large amounts of energy left over to sell back to the electric utility to reduce overall electricity costs and usage.

Hydrogen Fuel Stations: Wave of the Future

You may have heard about hydrogen fuel recently. Hydrogen is the same chemical used as fuel by the sun, and when you burn it, you get lots of energy and very little pollution; burned efficiently, the only by-product is water. Even better, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and can be processed from the same water that it creates in an endless cycle We have the technology right now to build hydrogen-powered cars. So why don’t you see them all over the road?

Because we do not yet have the infrastructure. In order to make hydrogen fuel a viable alternative to fossil fuels, we need to have a strong hydrogen fuel station infrastructure – a network of fueling stations throughout the country. After all, how would you fuel your gas-based car if you didn’t have a gas station to stop at?

How Hydrogen Fuel Stations Work

There are two different types of hydrogen fuel stations right now: public stations, located only in a very few areas and concentrated in Southern California, and home stations, built into garages and set up with complex systems to provide appropriate water and energy supplies.

Both types of hydrogen fuel stations create hydrogen on the spot using some form of electricity, from standard power hookups to solar power cells. The cheapest hydrogen fueling stations are based around solar power cells. Water is purified, usually through reverse osmosis, and put through electrolysis with power provided by the solar power cells. The process of electrolysis divides water into its component atoms hydrogen and oxygen, and the hydrogen is stored in a separate tank. Oxygen may be stored, or it may be released as a non-polluting by-product.

The result: if you have a home station, you fuel your car for free (provided you’ve used solar energy), and if you don’t, you fuel it up at the public station using an air-hose style pump and pay whatever the charge is

Where Are Hydrogen Fuel Stations Located?

With the exception of Southern California, you won’t find many hydrogen fuel stations yet. There are a handful in Europe, where they are used to power hydrogen buses. Iceland is the first country to implement a nationwide process of replacing traditional fuel stations with hydrogen stations. Japan, always fast to embrace new technology, is following suit, and you’ll find scattered fuel stations in a few other places: New York City, Washington DC, and British Columbia (in advance of the 2010 Winter Games).

The problem right now isn’t a lack of technology. Instead, it’s three other very practical considerations:

* The cost of building a hydrogen fuel station is prohibitive, though it will certainly drop in the future, and currently only projects subsidized by a government are viable.

* There isn’t a huge demand for hydrogen fuel stations yet, partly because there aren’t enough stations to support a large number of hydrogen cars yet.

* All hydrogen stations must be built in population-dense areas right now, so the range of hydrogen cars is limited, which limits their use enough to discourage widespread adoption.,

A combination of consumer demand and government subsidy is certain to edge hydrogen fuel stations to the point where they become a viable and vital part of our transportation networks.

It is certain that when we do have adequate infrastructure to support hydrogen-based vehicles, energy prices will drop sharply and output of carbon-based pollution will follow suit. Not only is the technology clean and reliable, it’s probably going to be a new starting point for a burst of human development, just as the first steam engine, the first car, and the first airplane were.

So when will this be? Current estimates put widespread adoption of hydrogen cars at about five years. The process may be accelerated by government support of fuel station building, but it’s more likely that the process will be a little slower, with the dense metropolitan areas adopting long before more remote areas and private fleets adopting the technology before anyone else.

Mayor Newsom Unveils Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations for San Francisco

Announces partnership with car sharing organizations to make plug-in cars available to the public.

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Featured

KRNV News 4 looks at the college’s new electric vehicle charging stations

Punishing BP Is Harder Than Boycotting Stations

America’s 5 Most Amazing Roller Coasters
Few things in life are as thrilling as the slow climbs, the fast drops, the tight turns, and the breathtaking twists of a roller coaster ride. But what are the five best coasters the U.S. has to offer?

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SOUTHGATE: Lincoln dealership will remain open as Mercurys fade
SOUTHGATE — The last thing Walt Oben Jr. wants to see is another empty car dealership in the city, especially along Fort Street.

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Clean tech patents enjoy record quarter
BusinessGreen.com staff, BusinessGreen , Monday 7 June 2010 at 00:15:00 Number of US clean tech patents granted during the first quarter jumps more than 50 per cent year on year The number of clean tech-related patents granted in the US hit record levels during the first quarter of the year, according to new figures released last week, further fuelling optimism that the sector is recovering …

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Point: “Heads” vs. “Feds”: The Debate Over Marijuana Legalization
Steve Hager is perhaps best known as the editor of High Times magazine. He has been a leading figure in what has come to be known as the counterculture revolution.

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Punishing BP Is Harder Than Boycotting Stations
Telling oil companies that you’re not going to take it anymore requires a change in lifestyle.

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Phone boxes made into recharge stations

Castle Rock Elementary becomes school of fish
CASTLE ROCK – The fence outside Castle Rock Elementary Schoolwill be covered with hundreds of fish by this afternoon.

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VIA Unveils ‘Green’ Buses
VIA Metropolitan Transit is taking a big step toward its goal of becoming environmentally friendly.

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A symposium will focus on the Lake Cochituate watershed
When people think about Lake Cochituate, most think of swimming at the beach, fishing or waterskiing, while others may have heard of the debate over how to remove invasive weeds, but a recently formed group wants people to think not just of the lake, but the entire area that feeds water into the lake.

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Electric bike folds into car boot
A car with its own inbuilt scooter is tailor made for increasingly congested cities.

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Phone boxes made into recharge stations
If you’ve run out of juice for your eco-friendly electric car, a recharge may be a phone call away.

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Wal-Mart may contribute hydrogen stations at stores for fuel sell vehicle. Is it still possible??

New fuel sell (hydrogen) vehicle Honda FCX is coming this summer in California, and BMW fuel sell vehicle are coming soon. Also, some of United State company are planning.

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/owning/

From Honda web site,
You can be confident that the FCX Clarity has met all required U.S. safety standards. Even the unique structure of the FCX Clarity has its own omni-directional crash protection to help protect the hydrogen and electrical devices in the event of a collision.

http://www.hydrogenassociation.org/

Info. from New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal…

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx%2Dclarity/press/

Many problems related to hydrogen vehicle are solved. Now government and corporation involvements are the most important topic; however, Petroleum Company will not help this project. If the largest corporation, such as “Wal-Mart” helps building fuel stations, this fuel sell vehicle can be driven all over the United Stats. Also, Honda is creating and testing the garage fuel station for home owners; therefore, Wal-Mart surely can help building their fuel station at stores and safely provide hydrogen.

About one year ago, Wal-Mart headquarters told to media they want to help hydrogen market. If this is true, they still want to do this project or not. Is there some one know about this?

This is the vest alternative fuel, since this vehicle emits only water vapor.

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