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"We Are Getting Close" Boone Asks For Army's Help

"We Are Getting Close" Boone Asks For Army's Help

Army: If there was ever a time for us to take action in support of the NAT GAS Act, it is NOW. Can I count on you to call your two U.S. Senators TODAY and urge them to support the natural gas amendment when it is offered, likely tomorrow? And report back by replying to this email to let me know what they say. The U.S. ... Continue reading

Statement from Global Automakers' President and CEO Michael J. Stanton on Obama's Push for Alternative Fuel Vehicles

Statement from Global Automakers' President and CEO Michael J. Stanton on Obama's Push for Alternative Fuel Vehicles

WASHINGTON--Global Automakers commends President Obama for taking steps to encourage consumer purchases of various advanced technology clean vehicles through tax incentives and credits. Our Association has long believed that the U.S. government should take a technology and fuel neutral approach to incentivizing alterna ... Continue reading

Obama Proposes Higher Tax Credits for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles - Hey Mr. President What About America's Home-Grown Silver Bullet First?

Obama Proposes Higher Tax Credits for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles - Hey Mr. President What About America's Home-Grown Silver Bullet First?

President Barack Obama proposed expanded tax credits and community research grants to make alternative-energy cars and trucks more attractive to buyers. According to Automotive News, electric, natural gas, and hydrogen-powered vehicles would be covered by the plan, which Obama announced Wednesday in North Carolina. Oba ... Continue reading

Thank Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Prager and Savage for Rising Gasoline Prices

Thank Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Prager and Savage for Rising Gasoline Prices

High profile talkers go pro-OPEC to attract the "most buck for their bang" By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL The only reason that oil and gasoline prices are rising again is because there is no serious competition to oil-gasoline. It’s not that there aren't legitimate alternatives ... Continue reading

A Statement About Competence: Audi A3 at 2012 Geneva Motor Show +VIDEO

A Statement About Competence: Audi A3 at 2012 Geneva Motor Show +VIDEO

The new A3, which celebrates its premiere at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, presents the combined technological competence of Audi in compact format. In its lightweight body, the architectures of its interior and user interfaces – the three-door car is once again setting standards in its class. Its engines impress with t ... Continue reading

Obama's Green-Car Plan Runs Into Limited Alternative-Fuel Choices (Like All Americans)

Obama's Green-Car Plan Runs Into Limited Alternative-Fuel Choices (Like All Americans)

President Barack Obama’s administration is buying fewer hybrid and electric cars and more vehicles that can consume both ethanol and gasoline to meet 2015 environmental goals, favoring older technology over new. Washington DC February 24, 2012; The NADA newsletter reported that a Bloomberg article stated that Pres ... Continue reading

Big Oil's Divide and Conquer Propaganda Strategy Has Succeeded - Consumer Support for Clean Energy Has Declined Significantly Since 2009 - We Told You It Would Happen!

Big Oil's Divide and Conquer Propaganda Strategy Has Succeeded - Consumer Support for Clean Energy Has Declined Significantly Since 2009 - We Told You It Would Happen!

BOULDER, Colo.--The clean energy industry is dynamic and evolving, as the future of energy in the United States continues to be a topic of intense focus, particularly in this election year. However, according to a new survey from Pike Research, consumer support for clean energy concepts – ranging from re ... Continue reading

Yes Mr. President There IS a Silver Bullet Solution For "No More Gasoline Now"

Yes Mr. President There IS a Silver Bullet Solution For "No More Gasoline Now"

SEE ALSO: Big Oil Benefits From Divide and Conquer (orig published 5/09/2006) SEE ALSO: Sorry to Say It Mr. President But You Are Supporting The Bad Guys With Your "All Of The Above" Energy Plan Co-publishers Note: Auto Central February 25, 2012; In the President's radio address this morning (see complete video below a ... Continue reading

Commentary - CNG-Powered Vehicles - What's The Problem Here?

Commentary - CNG-Powered Vehicles - What's The Problem Here?

<i>This is a reprise of a January 2011 piece I did on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and its advantages in the case of consumer vehicle fuels. Given today's average per per gallon (PPG) price of $3.62 and climbing (as of Feb 25, 2012), one might think that one of the 'rocket scientists' in the Obama administration could ... Continue reading

Sorry to Say Mr. President But You Are Supporting The Bad Guys With Your "All Of The Above" Energy Plan

Sorry to Say Mr. President But You Are Supporting The Bad Guys With Your "All Of The Above" Energy Plan

February 23, 2012 Remarks by the President on Energy University of Miami Miami, Florida THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Miami! (Applause.) The U! (Applause.) It is good to see all of you here today. (Applause.) I want to thank Erica for that outstanding introduction. She said her parents were tweeting. (Laughter.) We’re so ... Continue reading

AP Fact Check - Gingrich Energy Ads Err on Facts

AP Fact Check - Gingrich Energy Ads Err on Facts

DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press – 25 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A 28-minute political ad offers a candidate something sound bites can never capture — a chance to explore a subject in depth. But in the case of Newt Gingrich's unusual extended commercial on American energy policy, it just means more ti ... Continue reading

Cool Planet BioFuels Announces a Major Advance in Renewable Cellulosic Gasoline

Cool Planet BioFuels Announces a Major Advance in Renewable Cellulosic Gasoline

CAMARILLO, Calif., Feb 22, 2012; Cool Planet BioFuels announced today that it has made a major breakthrough in converting biomass to gasoline. The Company achieved 4,000 gallons/acre biomass to gasoline conversion in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop. Gasoline has about one and a half tim ... Continue reading

3M and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Partner to Create New CNG Tank Technology

3M and Chesapeake Energy Corporation Partner to Create New CNG Tank Technology

3M and Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced an agreement to collaborate in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks for use in all sectors of the United States transportation market. Currently the fuel tank on a CNG vehicle is its most expensive single comp ... Continue reading

How Do You Like Gasoline Prices Now, America? Are You Ready to Do Something About It?

How Do You Like Gasoline Prices Now, America? Are You Ready to Do Something About It?

You must like being smacked around by Ahmadinejad and OPEC By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Oil and gasoline prices are going up, again. And this time the rise could very well take us to $5.00 per gallon and beyond. Why? For no reason other than greed and because those in charge of th ... Continue reading

Mercedes 906 Engine Diesel to CNG Coversion Available

Mercedes 906 Engine Diesel to CNG Coversion Available

Leading CNG vehicle companies partner to bring the first EPA-certified, diesel to CNG conversion package for the Mercedes 906 Engine to market. Alexandria, Virginia & New Brunswick, New Jersey --February 14, 2012; Sunny DeWakar, CEO of NGV Motori, USA and Dean Sloane, Founder and Managing Director of Clean Vehicle Solu ... Continue reading

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