Automaker Wind Tunnels Help Improve Fuel Efficiency – VIDEO STORY

2001 Volkswagen Passat V5 from UK and Ireland – Comments
Catalytic Convertor blew at 25000 miles. Ignition coil 3 went at 54000 then coil 1 went at 58000 miles, so they replaced the others. Engine management light has come on several times and dealer has reset on half a dozen occasdions.

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Gov’t auditor: Efficiency funds going unspent
A government audit released Friday found that most of the money authorized for one of the energy efficiency programs in last year’s stimulus plan is going unspent.

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Vt. food stamps program struggles to keep pace
Food Stamp program story … – By LOUIS PORTER Vermont Press Bureau

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Turkmens seek $4.1 Bln loan from China
Energy-rich Turkmenistan is reaching out to China for a $4.1 billion loan to develop one of the world’s largest natural gas fields, state media reported Friday.

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Automaker Wind Tunnels Help Improve Fuel Efficiency – VIDEO STORY
DETROIT – August 12, 2010: Engineers say there are three ways to improve a vehicle’s gas mileage: reduce its weight, increase efficiency of the powertrain and improve the aerodynamics.

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AP Exclusive: Afghan attack survivor tells story

St. Louis businessman’s startup model is cheap yet effective
St. Louis — The sleek lime green-and-white packaging on a line of surge protectors, energy monitors and other gadgets looks and feels like merchandise from a large global company.

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Are the greens in SMK Green Road safe?
KUCHING: Ever since the football field of SMK Green Road here was tested unhealthy for use many years ago, teachers and students seldom stepped onto the greens.

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Go on Highland Council planners – prove me wrong!
SO, what are your annual heating bills? £528? Do I have any advance on £528? Let’s try £107. And that’s for a four-apartment house. Scotland’s Housing Expo is intended to showcase the best in design and sustainability, hence the low energy costs.

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Green Bay Packers’ Injury Quota: Will Starks Be the Next Harrell?
The Packers have been gaining notice as a real NFC North division winner and a legitimate shot to go deeper into the postseason. The Packers have it all, or at least most of it. They have franchise quarterback Aaron Rodgers, an underrated starter in Ryan Grant, and one of the deepest core of receivers that includes Greg Jennings, longtime vet Donal Driver, and up-and-coming young tight end …

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AP Exclusive: Afghan attack survivor tells story
One of the gunmen who killed 10 charitable health workers in northern Afghanistan hitched a ride with the medical team shortly before the murders, the sole survivor of the attack told The Associated Press on Saturday.

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Recycle : The Life Story of a Coke Bottle

Ever wonder what happens to a Coke bottle when you throw it away? How is it recycled? Join the band Absentee www.absenteemusic.co.uk and a lone Coke bottle on its journey to a new home. For more information on recycling and what you can do, check out http

Ford Electric Car – True Story Revealed

One of the best known car manufacturers worldwide is the Ford Motor Company. As one of the largest car companies, they have been in no rush to get into manufacturing the electric car market. Due to consumer demand, an electric car was manufactured, placed on the market and sold by Ford – a cleaner, environmentally friendly car producing less pollution and no greenhouse gas emissions. It was their first version of an electric car.

Called the Think City electric, Ford produced many years ago, and a lot of people were keen to take advantage of this new vehicle. It was pollution free and more energy efficient than a fuel powered car. The United States have very rigid standards about the road safety of vehicles on their road, so the Think City electric didn’t meet those strict standards. Ford had to cease production of their first prototype and as a result many of the cars were returned once customers had reached the end of their leases. The cars were then crushed as they couldn’t be sold in America. So Ford no longer market the Think City cars, although a few can still be found.

Ford have now implemented and produce hybrid electric cars after much research. These mostly run on battery power, as well as being able to use gasoline power at the touch of a switch. Many of these electric cars can be seen on the roads. As a leading manufacturer of electric cars in the industry, Ford decided to branch out and produce electric vehicles such as Ford trucks, mini-vans and the SUV’s, rather than limit their production to just electric cars.

Ford mostly produce electric cars of the hybrid version to meet safety standards, but abroad you can find Ford brand electric cars. Many countries do not have as rigid safety standards, so the electric car can be seen driven by even more people in countries such as England and France.

Some people may be disappointed that Ford had to move from producing electric cars to hybrid vehicles, but as they weren’t able to meet the safety standards, there was no choice for the company. As a result it was more cost efficient to produce a more environmentally-friendly vehicle to cope with their customers’ demands, than it was to keep the electric cars on the road and try to meet the safety standards.

Ford do continue to listen to their customers and are trying to come up with a suitable model for an electric car. As leaders in the industry, it may only be a matter of time before they can replace the hybrid version with a new exacting Ford brand electric car. Customers will have to wait and see what comes up in the future. With the fast pace of modern technology, it could be possible.

Glove Story

The story of a left hand glove and right hand glove in two parts of the world, both single, both able to play piano beautifully – and the rest you can probably figure out. Glove Story was made possible by the hands of . . . Director: Michael Wright Narrator: Emma Thompson Music: Michael Mertens Executive Producer: John Doris Production Manager: Sarah Crisp Director of Photography: Peter Sorg Camera & Lighting Assistant: Jamie Arbiter Unit Driver: Jimbo Eales Runners: Holly Broughton and Andy Wells Editor: Billy Mead Green Thing animation: Tom Baker Glove Love end graphics: Oliver Smith Sound Mix: Voiceover Soho Pianist: Godfrey King And a big warm hand also goes to . . . Judy Goldhill Chris Jupe at Production Drive George Martin at Arri Focus Chris Youlton at Arri Media Billy Mead at TenThree Abi Adejare at MPC Tim Webb at Creative Cars & Couriers The Mission team All at Mustard

The Story Of Hybrid Cars

With rising gas prices and the increasing threat to environmental issues presented by conventional automobiles, there is a cultural shift towards alternate methods of fuelling and operating vehicles. One such method is the hybrid electric vehicle. At one point and time in history, the electric car existed. Through a combination of government intervention, oil company wrangling, and advertising blunders, the electric car went the way of the dinosaur. In its place, the hybrid electric car appears to be the suitable compromise. Fans and owners of the electric car, however, will forever pine for better options.

The original hybrid car actually was introduced in 1901 by the form of a hybrid vehicle introduced by Ferdinand Porsche. The vehicle, which was called the “Mixte,” was based off of other models and used a gasoline engine which powered a generator which, in turn, powered electric hub motors. The “Mixte” used a small battery pack for reliability and actually broke several Austrian speed records for land vehicles.

The 1915 “Dual Power” was another example of hybrid technology at work within automobiles. This model was made by the Woods Motor Vehicle company, which was a company that actually specialized in making electric cars. As the “Dual Power” drove below 15 mile per hour, the electric motor would alone drive the vehicle. As it sped up, the car would tap into its gasoline powered engine. By 1918, about 600 models of the “Dual Power” were made.

Time passed without much support from oil companies or some of the larger car companies, who believed that vehicles of this nature were not marketable to a large populous. As time passed into the 1960s and 1970s, the hybrid car once again reared its head in the form of Victor Wouk and his conversion of a Buick Skylark into a direct-current electric motor with a Mazda rotary engine for hybrid capabilities.

Wouk’s vehicle was tested at the Environmental Protection Agency’s emissions testing lab and it was shown that the converted car had gained over twice the fuel economy before the car was converted. The emission rates were only nine percent of those of a gas powered vehicle from that same era, making the converted vehicle a win-win situation.

Due to various issues throughout history, however, Wouk’s hybrid car was once again pushed back in terms of major distribution. Despite the fact that the technology to operate a vehicle on less gasoline and oil has existed in a practical sense as early as 1901, the hybrid car is just now receiving a significant marketing push.

Oil companies with vested interests in local governments, governments with vested interests in oil companies, and all sorts of other political aspects are often blamed for the lack of marketing and information spread about the hybrid cars. With environmental concerns reaching an all-time high, however, it seems that more people than ever will begin to look at the story of hybrid cars and start to do what they can to save money on gas and what they can do to save emissions.

Kites a moving love story — with exploding cars

Toyota gets Tesla stake, Tesla gets Toyota factory
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Toyota teams up with Tesla to make electric cars
Toyota Motor said Friday it is to acquire a 50 million dollar stake in Tesla Motors and will jointly develop electric vehicles with the Silicon Valley firm.

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North America to step up fuel-efficiency crackdown
James Murray, BusinessGreen , Friday 21 May 2010 at 11:29:00 US and Canada to unveil new vehicle-efficiency standards later today, as Obama preps electric vehicle announcement President Barack Obama is today expected to provide a major boost to the global green vehicle sector with the announcement of new fuel-efficiency standards and improved support for electric vehicle development. According …

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Preview of American Le Man Series Monterey at Laguna Seca
AMERICAN LE MANS SERIES MONTEREYWhere: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The course: 2.238 miles, 11 turns. Race: 2:30-8:30 p.

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Kites a moving love story — with exploding cars
Sometimes you want the Michelinrated three star restaurant, and sometimes you just want that all-you-can-eat buffet. At the movies, those hungry for the quantity side of that equation should consider seeing Kites, a film that can honestly bill itself as having absolutely everything: Romance, [...]

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The Car That Could: The Inside Story of GM’s Revolutionary Electric Vehicle

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Unprecedented secrecy surrounded the early development of General Motors’s Impact. Shnayerson watched the story unfold from a position of access never granted a reporter before–literally from the inside of the pace-setting GM Impact program. This is the first book to penetrate the silence surrounding GM’s risky and successful decision to become the world’s first mass producer of the electric car.Amazon.com Review
The story of General Motors’ first mass-produced electric car, the EV1 (at first, unfortunately, named the Impact). This project was decades in gestation, the early dreams of pollution and noise-free vehicles taking a long time to progress beyond visionary prototypes. This was partly because of opposition to the concept from oil companies and the automotive industry. Eventually a combination of government prodding and technological advances in battery design made it possible. Schnayerson describes the supportive role of GM chairman Robert Stempel and the tenacity of a group of true-believing engineers who kept the idea alive after Stempel was ousted.

The Real Story on Fuel Economy

January 7, 2009 lecture by Lee Schipper for the Woods Energy Seminar (ENERGY301). In his talk “When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy in the US and other Developed Countries, with Implications for Developing Asia,” Schipper discusses better and more realistic fuel economy options in the US and other industrialized nations. The Woods Energy Seminar is an interdisciplinary series of talks primarily by Stanford experts on a broad range of energy topics. Lee Schipper is a Senior Research Engineer at the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency at Stanford University. Woods Institute for the Environment woods.stanford.edu Stanford Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

A Pitcher of Water and 900 Miles – A Car Story

Let’s breakdown the cost of traveling 900 miles and for this discussion let’s only take into account the fuel costs involved. For now let’s ignore the wear and tear on your car or truck and let’s not get into the deeper issue of the cost to the environment from the pollution generated.

All that aside, it’s very easy to measure the affects that higher than acceptable fuel prices have on our daily lives. However, you may not know how dramatic that effect has become.

It doesn’t matter if your car uses regular unleaded, mid grade unleaded, or super unleaded; gasoline is very high… In fact, fuel costs are out of control and that includes you Diesel buyers as well.

To travel 900 miles in vehicle that gets 20 miles to the Gallon at today’s current rate of $3.15 would cost you about $141.75. Also take into account that the average driver drives his automobile about 15,000 miles per year.

That would mean close to 17 of those 900 mile trips. So you can expect to be spending close to $2,400.00 per year just on your gasoline or diesel fuel cost. How does that affect you? Let me explain.

Just a few years ago when gasoline costs hovered around the $2 mark and we naively believed that was as high as the price could ever go and we started making concessions in our lives to compensate for that above average price increase.

Now, not even five years later there is another huge $1.15 per gallon jump in fuel costs and that huge increase directly translates into nearly $900 in fewer dollars in our pockets every year and that type of income severally affects the core of the family structure. How? Let’s take a look.

Let’s just take a family night out at the local theater. I guess a good estimate would be about $20 for a family of three to go see a show together – matinee of course.

The recent jump in gasoline prices would take away three great weekends per month, every month for an entire year. It’s the small things that were loosing with this gas price crunch, and those are the major things that really count in our lives, or at least they should.

Its not that we can’t afford to buy our kids the fancy sports car they really wanted because we know eventually the teenager can and will get passed such material things. Such things don’t undermine the family structure.

Yet the family time we miss being together, sharing good times are lost forever. Now I only picked the theater from the top of my head. It actually could be any low cost to moderate event you otherwise could afford if you weren’t spending all of your money filling up the tank.

Five years ago it was no big deal taking the family out every weekend. Today, that’s an entirely different story and it’s affected our family bonds, ruining our economy and causing tension in and out of the home. So is there any good news?

The good news is that unlike when the gas prices first began to climb years ago, there is now a viable alternative free fuel source and process to tap into that fuel that has been refined enough for every day use.

This fuel source can put much of that $900 lost to outrageous gas prices back into your pocket and it’s a very simple process. A single pitcher of water contains about 1800 Gallons of a very potent Fuel called HHO, which is also called Hydrogen Gas.

That single pitcher of water would supply enough hydrogen gas to blend with your auto’s gasoline or diesel fuel to significantly increase your vehicles MPG by as much as 50% plus its report that single pitcher of water would last you for 900 miles.

Hold on, it does get better. This process of breaking down water into hydrogen gas works so well that you can rewind the fuel costs back to well before the $2 mark to effect.

Your auto can become so fuel efficient that its like you are actually spending as little as $1.60 for a gallon of gasoline, while others are spending $3.15.

Hydrogen gas is a powerful fuel source; it’s far more efficient than fossil fuels and best of all its free energy… It comes straight from tap water.

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