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Tom Friedman takes on the idiocy of a gas tax holiday

I don't often agree with anything that New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has to say but for once he is right on. He is calling out Hillary Clinton and John McCain for their blatant political pandering in this presidential election year. These…

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Fuel Cell industry goes to US Congress

Backers of fuel cell technology will be trekking down to Washington again next week to put on another dog and pony show for the holders of the nation's purse-strings. Members of the US Fuel Cell Council be putting on the 2007 Congressional Fuel Cell…

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Google.org to host PHEV conference next week

The non-profit branch of the an obscure web-search company that goes by the name of Google.org has been investing in a lot of green technology over the last few years. Next week in Washington, D.C., Google.org is sponsoring a conference to discuss…

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GM expands direct injection to 3.6L V-6

General Motors' first North American application of direct injection on a gasoline engine was the 2.0L turbo four cylinder in the Pontiac Solstice GXP/ Saturn Sky Red Line. The direct injection allowed the engine to produce more power while getting…

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Spy Shots: Next-gen Opel Vectra

The next generation Opel Vectra has been captured in the wilds of northern Sweden where the reindeer outnumber the human inhabitants (at least the permanent ones, not the throngs of engineers who invade every winter) by at least an order of…