What is the future of fuel? What's new? What's next? Since 2007, Gas 2 has covered a rapidly changing world coming to terms with its oil addiction.
We all know that riding a bicycle is good for your health. We also know that with gas prices being as they are, riding public transportation is good for your wallet. Just how good? How about around $7 billion good and 1,100 lives saved each year good. A Public Service Jonathan Patz, director of [...]
In an attempt to continue the Obama Administrations’ policy of expanding domestic energy production, the Obama Administration has announced a five year offshore drilling plan. The targets – the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. No Way Out? With all the advancements in the field of alternative fuels, the fact remains America is still addicted to [...]
Less than 24 hours from now yours truly (joined by pinkyracer herself, Susanna Schick) will be trolling the halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center to check out this year’s L.A. Auto Show. But that is tomorrow! Today, you want some news, right? Some of this morning’s highlights include KTM’s new electric motorcycle, a solar [...]
A classic sports car design with advanced EV technology under the hood? Maybe – Nissan is presenting its prototype electric sports car, the ESFLOW, at the Tokyo Motor Show 2011 next month and hopes to capture the attention of both sports car enthusiasts and those of us who want our rides to run on batteries. [...]
At last week’s Opportunity Green conference, BMW’s Manuel Sattig, product manager for their Project i (first covered here in July), gave a great presentation about some of the things BMW is doing to lower their CO2 print.
These days, it is good to be green, although the environmental credentials of many industries are beyond appalling, no matter how they try to spin their “green” efforts. There are some industries that will never be green, Big Oil among them. So the idea of a solar and wind powered oil tanker is ridiculous to [...]
Once the realm of fringe biofuel fanatics, the demand for restaurant grease to refine into biodiesel has sent prices skyrocketing. Not surprisingly, this has also meant that theft of restaurant grease is on the rise, threatening legitimate businesses as grease rustlers raid restaurants for a new kind of payday. Greasy Gold Rising gas prices have [...]
With another weekend behind us, it is time to look forward to what is sure to be a busy week in the green news world. That’s because the L.A. Auto Show is almost upon us, and I will be joining Susanna Schick in the City of Angels for a number of green car unveilings. But that’s not until Wednesday. Today in the green news roundup, the electric Tron motorcycle gets a price, Bob Lutz thinks Tesla will “make it,” and cellulosic ethanol still needs to get cheaper.
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