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• Biomethane For Energy and Fuel
• The CitiCar Capital Of The USA (And Perhaps The World): Browntown, Wisconsin
• Three Ways the Climate Bill Will Change Your Life

Biomethane For Energy and Fuel Posted: 29 Jun 2009 11:50 AM PDT OK. I admit it. I am writing this article from a Summit about cow poop. No, this isn't a joke to get 8-year olds rolling on the floor with laughter. This is serious. I am reporting from the inaugural National Biomethane Summit, in Sacramento, California, where over 300 attendees including elected officials, government agencies, farmers, ranchers, landfill owners, facility owners and operators, technology leaders, researchers, regional planners, and carbon trading experts. Read more of this story »

The CitiCar Capital Of The USA (And Perhaps The World): Browntown, Wisconsin Posted: 29 Jun 2009 11:31 AM PDT There's an electric car revolution underway in sleepy Browntown, Wisconsin, population 252. More than six Sebring-Vanguard CitiCars, many zipping down the country roads in southwestern Wisconsin, are registered to owners in this small town – most to Phil Welty and one to myself.  They come in red, yellow and several other colors and look like a wedge of cheese, but they're all completely powered by electric motors.  It’s estimated that as few as 600 CitiCars are still on the road in the U.S. with less than 3,000 manufactured by Sebring-Vanguard between 1974 and 1976 during the last energy crisis. "When I first saw the CitiCars back in the 1970s, it was the only all-electric car on the market," recalls Phil Welty,  "The same problem exists today as in the 1970s, like high fuel prices and our marriage to foreign oil.  I've always wanted to bring one back from the junkyard and restore it to fully operable condition."  Not content with just one, he has two CitiCars on the road, using his other cars for parts. Read more of this story »

Three Ways the Climate Bill Will Change Your Life Posted: 29 Jun 2009 09:50 AM PDT Late Friday, the House passed the first legislation solely dedicated to reversing global warming. Now the fate of the Climate Change Bill is in the hands of the Senate, and political pundits are predicting the bill won’t pass. This exact bill might not pass but sooner than later one will and until then they will have several things in common. A climate bill will change how we produce and use electricity. It will change how you travel from point A to point B. It will change how every business operates and how every American lives. Our lives will never be the same. Dramatic? Yes. True. Yes. The passage of this bill will change your life in three ways: It would affect what type of car you can drive - smaller. It would affect how much you pay for energy - more. It would affect what type of job you have - green job. Energy affects every facet of our lives. When energy prices go up, food prices go up, clothing prices go up..the price for everything we buy gets more expensive. Why? Because our society is intricately intertwined with energy, and energy is intertwined with our economy. Read more of this story »

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