Alternative fuels a tough sell, MIT forecasters say
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Blog: An economic analysis of alternative fuels shows that consumer behavior and lack of infrastructure means that gasoline will run cars for decades.
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Google's searching for a solution to our fuel woes.
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Oil futures fell slightly on Tuesday even as the market braced for a possible Arctic blast in the United States that could drive up demand for home-heating fuels.
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Rather than a help toward energy independence, Big Oil and ethanol could be roadblocks.
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A government report grossly underestimates the potential for domestic production of the alternative fuel. Is it incompetence or an intentional slight? In Autopia.
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As lithium-ion batteries move in on gasoline's turf as most favored fuel for the nationâs automobiles, questions about the chemicalâs suitability persist.
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The cars, SUVS and pickups people will buy in the years ahead are likely to use less fuel, and many will rely on ethanol or household electricity instead of gasoline. The energy legislation pushed through the Senate this week provides a roadmap to the future, demanding higher automobile fuel economy, mandating huge increases in ethanol as a motor fuel and supporting more research into building "plug-in" hybrid-electric vehicles.
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The fortunes of alternative energy companies have been linked to two factors outside their control: oil prices and politics.
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In cutting across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, governments in Europe are discovering how difficult it can be to figure out whether a particular fuel has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
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Making ethanol from corn is expensive. Better biofuels are years away from the gas tank. But do we really have any alternative?
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When oil prices rise, public interest in alternative energy often does, too. But the logic is evidently escaping Wall Street.
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Larger supplies, more energy alternatives, and a slowing economy could be factors.
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt
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High fuel prices are beginning to change consumer behavior and business fortunes now in a way that they hadnÂt at the beginning of the summer.
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Some executives warn that current fuel shortages could become a long-term problem, leading to higher gas prices.
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DETROIT, Jan. 14 -- Faced with the stark choice between feeding Americans' appetite for big, powerful cars and embracing new technologies that will use less fuel and emit fewer gases, the world's automakers appear intent on having it both ways.
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Even with a boost from higher oil prices and growing concern about global warming, the payoff on most alternative energy technologies seems a ways off.