Ford doesn’t have a hybrid version of its popular F-Series pick up truck, but that isn’t stopping one Illinois technology company from developing an aftermarket system for it. HVET or Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. of Chicago claims that they have developed a prototype plug-in hybrid system for the F-150 that will help the truck [...]
The current state of ethanol production in the US simply isn’t that good and for two reasons mainly.
First of all, ethanol is being heavily subsidized by the federal government thanks to a 51-cent exemption from the federal excise tax on gasoline that goes to fuel mixed with ethanol. In addition, to protect U.S. farmers, the [...]
Biofuels are the latest technological rage, perhaps just the science needed to help eliminate our dependency on foreign oil. Lots of people are taking a look at developing fuels from a variety of products, with corn-based ethanol currently the most popular method for producing alternative fuel.
But, we know that ethanol production to this point has [...]
