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Being fuel efficient can have a positive effect on your pocket?

Amelie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:28:02 +0000

Magazines and newspapers always seem to be full of articles on the environment, being green and being more fuel efficient- as it’s fair to say that they are all interlinked.

When they hear the term ‘fuel efficiency’, many people believe that it will have little effect, although this couldn’t be further from the truth, and in addition to having a positive effect on the environment, it can also have a positive effect on your pocket.

Petrol and diesel don’t look like they’re going to get cheaper any time in the forseeable future- so now is as good a time as any to do your bit for the environment and do your bit for your bank balance.

Diesel and petrol prices to force drivers into becoming more fuel effecient

Amelie — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:23:50 +0000

According to reports, the Committee for Climate Change has been advising the government to keep fuel prices high and enforce a minimum charge in order to force drivers into becoming more fuel efficient.

The committee has also apparently called for tax to be tailored to reflect the fuel efficiency of different cars.

Committee CEO David Kennedy explained:

“We know that people buy more efficient cars if the petrol price remains consistently high.”

However, whilst we all know that we have to do more to help the environment, these proposals probably haven’t come at the best time, as many families are seriously struggling to run a car.

We await the backlash…

British Airways to embrace plane biofuels

Amelie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:24:57 +0000

British Airways are involved in a new venture to build a waste processing plant in London, promising to buy all of the energy output for use as plane fuel.

The plant would be built by an American contractor and would convert up to 500,000 tonnes of waste matter, ranging from sewage waste to landfill candidate material, into around 16 million gallons of aerofuel each year.

In addition, the plant would output solid waste products for use in building aggregates and enough electricity to power the plant itself, as well as the National Grid. It is expected that the plant will be able to produce fuel in 2014 when it will slowly ramp up production.

British Airways have had a bad run recently when it comes to business concerns, but they do seem to making some sort of effort in the environmental sector. For a business operating in an industry sitting square in the sights of green campaigners, this is no small thing.

Ethanol Fuels

Amelie — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:29:26 +0000

Ethanol is a kind of alcohol that is found in alcoholic drinks but it is also great for running your car. What makes it so attractive is that it is a renewable fuel and can be produced from many agricultural products such as potatoes, manioc, corn or sugar cane. Much research is centred on the production from cellulose also.
Cellulosic ethanol, is made from the cell walls of plant material, which is attractive because it can be produced without putting food supplies in jeopardy.
Ethanol is already being used in Brazil and in some part of the United States so it seems like it is really a viable fuel of the future.