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Are Backyard Ethanol Brewers an Answer to High-Priced Gas?

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:34:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Not at $10K each, they aren't. The item would work, but the plans would help in the construction of a home "prototype" to see if it is plausible.

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A company banking on drivers' weariness of skyrocketing gasoline prices unveiled a home refinery device on Thursday offering another option: ethanol. E-Fuel Corporation says its EFuel100 MicroFueler can produce up to 35 gallons (132 liters) of ethanol a week that consumers can pump directly into their cars and trucks. There is no combustion inside the device, which runs on a standard household 110- to 220-volt AC power supply (consuming about 150 watts per day) and uses a membrane system to distill the sugar, yeast and water solution required to make ethanol rather than combustion heating elements, as commercial ethanol producers do.

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The World’s First Zero-Emissions City…In the Middle East?

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:25:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I love this bit. "But what would one of the world's largest producers of oil want to promote city life that doesn’t require oil? Isn’t that a bit like shooting yourself in the foot?" Feel like they think they are talking to idiots?

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

"We will no longer have to guess what the city of the future looks like. In Abu Dhabi, we will be able to see it with our own eyes."

-Paul Dickerson, chief operating officer for the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Who would have guessed that the world’s first zero-emission city would be built in oil-rich Abu Dhabi? The world will be watching the new city, which will serve as a large-scale test for renewable energy. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island off of the central western coast of the Persian Gulf. Its approximately 1,000,000 inhabitants is comprised mostly (80%) of expatriates.

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IRAQ: Running Out of Water in Rising Heat

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:40:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another "hidden cost" for Bush to increase funds. Will they have to buy from local sources?

Clip Source: www.michaelmoore.com

BAQUBA, May 9 - Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation.

Water supply has been hit by power failures. The central pumping station has been running short of electricity supply over the last two years.

The pumping station is located between two districts in conflict -- Hwaider, which is predominantly Shia, and Jupenat, mostly Sunni. For two years now, fighting between Sunnis and Shias here has led to reduced water supply.

"The Diyala river passes by the two villages before the pumping station," resident Zuhair Mahmood told IPS. "They try to change its stream to deprive the other of water for irrigating their farms. The diversions mean relatively little water can reach the station."

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