The oil industry and API, at it again. When will they ever learn?
Never a dull moment! The API is at it again. Just a few days ago, it dramatically issued a survey indicating that close to 70% of all consumers were worried that E15 (a blend of 15% ethanol and 85%...
View ArticleIs Elon Musk the next Henry Ford?
Elon Musk doesn’t mind making comparisons between himself and Henry Ford. Others are doing it as well. In announcing his plans for a “Gigafactory” to manufacture batteries for a fleet of 500,000...
View Article“Pump” makes the case for Fuel Freedom
Fuel Freedom opened up a new front in making the case for alternatives to gasoline with an 88-minute documentary called “Pump,” which was released in New York, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City on Sept....
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Henry Ford, alcohol-fuel visionary
We might think of oil and automobiles as inextricably linked. But the earliest mass-produced vehicles were designed to run on multiple fuels, not just gasoline. Henry Ford brought us the original...
View ArticleThe electric car — from Thomas Edison to Grandma Duck
People tend to think that Teslas and the Nissan Leaf are new developments, but in fact the electric car has a history stretching back to the 19th century. The first electric car was built in 1884 by...
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