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May 9, 2007
Biodiesel Jetta uses far fewer fossil fuels than a Prius, says university biodiesel group

I'm not certain when this information was released to the web, but I just discovered it today, via Propel Biofuels. The University of New Hampshire biodiesel group compared the energy use of six vehicles - a Jetta TDI using biodiesel, a Jetta TDI running on petroleum diesel, a Jetta 2.0L with a gasoline engine, a Toyota Prius burning gasoline, a Toyota Fuel Cell vehicle (hydrogen), and a Dodge ESX3 (diesel-hybrid) on biodiesel. But what's really missing from the chart is an explanation of what b

Sebastian Blanco
May 9, 2007
Defense Department Hampered by its Fuel Dependence, says Report

Do you ever wonder why various military contractors and technologies keep popping up on AutoblogGreen? The answer is a simple one: the military's dependence on oil means that its ability to keep doing what it does "unsustainable in the long term," according to a new study ordered by the Pentagon. So, doing a little forward planning, the Pentagon funds DARPA and other groups to get machines that use less oil. On real-world problem: most of the military's vehicle run on oil and they are designed

Sebastian Blanco
May 9, 2007
Ask the REA Expert about biodiesel

The weekly Renewable Energy Access "Ask the Expert" question covers a wide variety of topics and yesterday's question once again swings the topic to something car-related: biodiesel. REA's Meghan Murphy, founding member and now acting president of Ithaca Biodiesel, tackles the question of just how biodiesel is made, and just how oil-dependent the process is (American farms used 3.5 billion gallons of diesel fuel in 2005). She writes that if

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