News tagged with fuel cost
Australian airlines reject 'fat tax'
Calls for overweight passengers to pay a surcharge to fly with Australian airlines fell flat Thursday with the major carriers all rejecting the idea.
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Accelerating adoption of agricultural technology
Research shows that it takes about eight years from the time public research funds are invested in technology development to the time the technology is first implemented. In the agricultural sector it can ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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EU agency: air pollution costs exceed $134 billion
(AP) -- Air pollution isn't just harmful - it's expensive, resulting in health care and environmental costs of more than euro100 billion ($130 billion) in 2009, the European Union's environment agency said Thursday.
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Supercritical water could lead to biomass-to-fuel conversion on a large scale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Converting agricultural waste into vehicle fuel has so far been an enticing yet elusive endeavor, at least on the industrial scale. But recently the Georgia-based company Renmatix has taken ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Study: Wisconsinites have mixed views on ethanol
A majority of Wisconsinites support the use of ethanol blends if it keeps dollars and jobs in the United States and reduces air pollution, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Airlines positioned for big gains in efficiency
Planes are being built out of the same lightweight materials used for Formula 1 race cars. Their engines are being redesigned to squeeze more thrust out of every gallon of fuel. And governments are developing ...
Jul 04, 2011 |
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Guzzlers B Gone: New fuel economy labels for cars
For years we've had great efficiency labels for washing machines, for refrigerators, for dishwashers and more.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 30, 2011 |
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Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity
Billions of dollars lost each year as waste heat from industrial processes can be converted into electricity with a technology being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 16, 2011 |
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More evidence suggests electric cars need night time charging
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in America have shown that ozone -- a known pollutant at low levels in the earth's atmosphere, causing harmful effects on the respiratory system and sensitive plants -- can be ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Electric, diesel or hybrid car? Cost and CO2 calculator helps consumers choose
As the Environmental Protection Agency struggles with how to accurately label passenger vehicles for fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions, a new online cost and CO2 emissions calculator has launched to help fill the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 18, 2010 |
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Habit-Learning Device will Lower Energy Bills Under New Clean Energy Cashback Scheme
(PhysOrg.com) -- Smart control units that learn householders' energy habits and provide immediate feedback on consumption could give home energy savings of up to 20% without compromising comfort.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Method makes refineries more efficient
(PhysOrg.com) -- Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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3 Questions: Sergey Paltsev on the costs of climate-change legislation
Sergey Paltsev, a principal research scientist in MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, was the lead author of a recent report that analyzed the costs of climate legislation currently ...
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Costs of plug-in cars key to broad consumer acceptance
A University of Michigan survey released today shows widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). But the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 21, 2009 |
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New Sulfur- and Coking-Tolerant Material Could Expand Applications for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ceramic material described in this week's issue of the journal Science could help expand the applications for solid oxide fuel cells - devices that generate electricity directly from a ...
Oct 01, 2009 |
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