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 Stories About: biofuels AND business AND cars AND energy AND interview
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FutureFlex/LoveSounds
An interview with Mary Beth Stanek, General Motors energy director |
Yolanda Crous |
15 Dec 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Trucks with a green hue? GM is in heaven. What a difference three bucks a gallon makes. In the past year, General Motors has rallied state and federal support to get more E85 (an 85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline blend) pumps at U.S. gas stations, launched a corn-hued marketing blitz, and announced that it is increasing production of its flex-fuel vehicles by 25 percent. Ma ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, business, cars, energy, ethanol, interview (all these topics) |
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Grease Be With You
An interview with Greasecar founder Justin Carven |
Yolanda Crous |
11 Dec 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Justin Carven. In the span of just two years, Justin Carven invented the first waste-oil conversion kit for diesel engines, graduated from Hampshire College, drove a vegetable-oil-fueled van across the country, and started his very own company. Six years later, Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems is selling so many conversion kits that Carven is talking about setting up franchises in India and Brazil. ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, business, cars, energy, interview (all these topics) |
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The Doctor Is in ... Your Tank
An interview with Seattle biodiesel distributor Dan Freeman |
Yolanda Crous |
07 Dec 2006 |
Main Dish |
| Dan Freeman. As a kid, Dan Freeman experimented with using alcohol to run lawnmowers and minibikes. (Oh, to have been a fly on the wall for that parent-son conversation.) These days, he runs Dr. Dan's Alternative Fuel Werks, a Seattle-based biodiesel retail and distribution company with customers ranging from school districts to organic farmers to concerned individuals who want ... |
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| Topics: biofuels, business, cars, energy, interview, placemaking, Seattle, Washington (all these topics) |
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