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It’s a little early for Halloween, but I wanted to show you what’s happened to my furniture. The rain finally quit, but the extreme humidity left a moldy, green haze on everything. Pretty gross. It got me thinking about furniture cleaners/polish, and how I hate the petroleum smell of store-bought. It lingers and doesn’t do anything good for indoor air quality. Reading about how museums clean their prized possessions provides some good ideas. Most of the advice–regular dry dusting in combinat

This is the final installment of a three-part series that examines some of the renewable energy options that are presenting themselves as possible contenders to step up as petroleum steps down the depletion curve. The previous installments were: Renewable Fuel Pretenders Renewable Fuel Contenders Today I want to talk about Biofuel Niches. Here is how I would define a Biofuel Niche : A technology that is capable of supplying, long-term, up to 10% of our present liquid fossil fuel cons

August 30th, 2009John Q. PublicLeave a commentGo to comments Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Legislation and Policy, Natural Gas, Green Daily, USA What does it cost to displace 38 million gallons of petroleum per year? According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), almost $300 million. That’s the amount that DOE head Steven Chu announced last week would go from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into buying about 9,000 “alternative fuel and energy efficient” ve

August 26th, 2009 Posted by Harry Fuller @ 3:46 pmCategories:Blogroll, air pollution, cars & traffic, conservation, energy, engineering, environmental health, federal government, fossil fuel, green tech, law & politics, petroleum, renewable energyTags:Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Branding, Manufacturing, Marketing, Harry FullerHere’s the score on America’s cash for clunkers. Top sellers: 1) Toyota Corolla 2) Honda Civic 30 Toyota Camry. The hyrbid Prius was only 7th. Top-

August 13th, 2009 Posted by Harry Fuller @ 2:44 pmCategories:Blogroll, Europe, European Union, India, Latin America, air pollution, biofuel, cars & traffic, climate change, conservation, energy, engineering, environmental health, federal government, fossil fuel, global warming, green tech, law & politics, petroleum, recycling, renewable energy, researchTags:Biodiesel, Innovation Fuels, John Fox, Soy, Diesel, Harry FullerI recently spoke with Innovation Fuels CEO John Fox. H