February 2010
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Ford & GM Now Support B20 in New Diesel Vehicles
At the National Biodiesel Conference, both Ford and GM have now announced that they will support B20 (20% American biodiesel, 80% diesel) in —ALL— their 2011 and forward diesels! Like American independence from the oil cartel and green energy jobs in the U.S.? Use a biodiesel blend in your diesel vehicles and equipment. Read or watch GM’s announcement here: ...
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EPA does RFS2 right!!
Renewable fuels are a good bit more back on track now thanks to the EPA’s making the right decisions about life-cycle GHG emissions - http://bit.ly/9qTXUY
January 2010
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Hear Hear Rona!! ILUC put in its place.
A retelling of a good, straightforward assessment of indirect land use change and biofuels by the editor of BBI International (analysis by ISU)… http://bit.ly/50TJuQ
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New B20/E85 stations in East TN
Rogers Oil has finished opening four (4) new B20/E85 locations in East Tennessee, and Pilot Oil is beginning work on two locations:
Rogers (Zoomers/Mobil/On the Run) -
— On I-40 - Kingston and Newport
— On I-81 - Bulls Gap
— On I-26 - Kingsport
Pilot -
— On i-40 - Knoxville (Straw Plains) and Crossville
All the Rogers are now open, and the Pilot stations should be...
Nissan LEAF Zero Emission Tour Hits Knoxville - 4...
So the Nissan LEAF Tour hit Knoxville on Friday, January 15, and about 100 turned out for the opportunity to see this new generation vehicle. The LEAF itself was on display, and another vehicle (a Versa with all internal parts same as the LEAF) was availabe for test drive. (The vehicles look quite similar, so the test drive vehicle was about as close as you could come to the real thing.)
The...
"The planet won't tell a lie"
A good USA Today article on global warming.
Biodiesel Tax Incentive Not Renewed
Our federal legislators had full plates at the end of ‘09 with health care reform, but let lapse the biodiesel tax credit that is critical to this industry succeeding now and in the future.
Biodiesel is one of the best alternative fuels and needs to help to grow up and prosper in the United States, and that tax credit is crucial.
Please consider taking a moment to call your legislator(s)...
December 2009
8 posts
Droid is a good name because it is alien it does...
Other than perhaps talk and surf at the same time, what doesn’t it do? I’m in shock at what all it does… like scan barcodes and QR codes, control everything within the user environment, and have Gorilla Glass (wickedly unscratchable - check this video). If your phone will do it, scan this for a surprise…
Model Year 2010 AFV line-up - info sheet →
TN is 4th most obese state
A clear sign that WALKING MORE would not be a bad thing for Tennesseans!!
Tennessee is the 4th most obese state and ranks 5th in obese and overweight children. I am liking what the NFL is pushing right now for kids in the “Play 60” ads, meaning kids should play for at least 60 minutes a day to stay physically and mentally healthy. If I can get 5-year-old son Conner out for even half...
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China blows by U.S. as world's largest car market
This is phenomemal. You have to read it, especially their percent growth in ONE YEAR in car sales…
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/12/11/china-blows-by-u-s-as-worlds-largest-car-market/
WTF?!? How could sales grow by that much in one year? Talk about families moving to the middle class at an astonishing rate.
(… and in the background we here …)
“WATCH OUT WORLD,...
EPA Announces that Greenhouse Gases Threaten...
EPA Press Release
The EPA has finally formally declared that Greenhouse Gases are a danger to people’s health! Several industry lobby groups are already criticizing this announcement as they believe that Greenhouse Gas regulation would make it even harder for already struggling businesses to stay afloat in this recession. However, the businesses are thinking of the way things used to be...
ETCFC Leaps into the 21st Century!
Thanks for stumbling onto ETCFC’s brand new blog!
Our website (www.ETCleanFuels.org was getting a bit dated so we revamped it. What do you think?) Also, since we are trying to be tech savvy, we have created accounts in various social networking sites which you can read about here. We are trying to provide the most relevant and interesting content to our followers so any feedback is greatly...