News tagged with gasoline
Karma hybrid car offers earth-friendly luxury
Technology lovers stopped and stared as the world's first high-performance hybrid luxury sedan glided silently down a street outside the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Detroit unsure over the future of green cars
The US auto industry remains unsold over the future of "green cars" such as electrics and hybrids, as carmakers struggle with the first steps in a market most agree shows promise over the long term.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Your home's age important for child lead exposure
(AP) -- If you've been putting off repairing a peeling windowsill, or you're thinking of knocking out a wall, listen up: Check how old your house is. You may need to take steps to protect your kids from dangerous ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Crystallizing the switch to hydrogen
Hydrogen gas is an almost infinitely inexhaustible fuel source that emits only clean water during combustion. Switching from hydrocarbon-based transportation to systems powered by state-of-the-art fuel cells ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Second-generation ethanol processing cost prohibitive: study
Costs for second-generation ethanol processing, which will ease the stress on corn and sugarcane, are unlikely to be competitive until 2020, according to a unique Queen's University study.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2011 |
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UN: Leaded fuel to be gone by 2013
(AP) -- Leaded gasoline, once so widespread it was sold at U.S. pumps as "regular" fuel, is expected to be eradicated globally within two years, the United Nations Environment Program announced Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Largest study on cellphones, cancer finds no link
(AP) -- Danish researchers can offer some reassurance if you're concerned about your cellphone: Don't worry. Your device is probably safe.
Oct 21, 2011 |
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India's Tata to launch Nano car in Bangladesh
India's Tata Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, will go on sale in Bangladesh on Saturday -- but with a price tag nearly triple what it is at home.
Oct 14, 2011 |
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New discovery could make fuel, plastics production more energy efficient and cost effective
A University of Minnesota team of researchers has overcome a major hurdle in the quest to design a specialized type of molecular sieve that could make the production of gasoline, plastics and various chemicals more cost effective ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 12, 2011 |
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New startup believes it has a way to cheaply convert methane to ethylene
(PhysOrg.com) -- When people think of uses for petroleum, they generally think of oil and gasoline, but doing so means ignoring the production of ethylene, a compound used to make many of the products most ...
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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Iron 'veins' are secret of promising new hydrogen storage material
(PhysOrg.com) -- With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have a new approach to the problem of safely storing hydrogen in future fuel-cell-powered cars. Their ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Ford, Toyota to join hands on hybrid trucks
Ford and Toyota announced Monday plans to jointly develop a new hybrid system for light trucks and sport utility vehicles.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Fish bones used to decontaminate soil in a lead-poisoned neighborhood
There's something fishy going on in West Oakland.
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Obama to announce new car efficiency standards
US President Barack Obama will later this week unveil new fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars and light trucks for the 2017-2025 period, the White House said Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Gasoline
Gasoline or petrol is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture, primarily used as fuel in internal combustion engines. It also is used as a powerful solvent much like acetone.
It consists mostly of aliphatic hydrocarbons, enhanced with iso-octane or the aromatic hydrocarbons toluene and benzene to increase its octane rating. Small quantities of various additives are common, for purposes such as tuning engine performance or reducing harmful exhaust emissions. Some mixtures also contain significant quantities of ethanol as a partial alternative fuel.
Most current or former Commonwealth countries use the term petrol, abbreviated from petroleum spirit. In North America, the word gasoline is the common term, where it is often shortened in colloquial usage to simply gas. It is not a genuinely gaseous fuel (unlike, for example, liquefied petroleum gas, which is stored under pressure as a liquid, but returned to a gaseous state before combustion). The term petrogasoline is also used.
In aviation, mogas, short for motor gasoline, is used to distinguish automobile fuel from aviation gasoline, or avgas. In British English, gasoline can refer to a different petroleum derivative historically used in lamps, but this usage is relatively uncommon.
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