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- Florida Researchers Moving Closer to Using Termite Guts For Better Ethanol
- Americans Slowly Warm to the Electric Car, Show Willingness to Try New Things
- Buckeye Bullet Shoots to Near-300 MPH Electric Car Speed Record at Bonneville
| Florida Researchers Moving Closer to Using Termite Guts For Better Ethanol Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:39 AM PDT
Last time I reported on the topic of using termite guts to make next generation cellulosic ethanol cheaper and easier, it was 2008. Back then a team of researchers from the University of Florida had just started on the path to analyzing the more than 7,000 genes associated with the production of special enzymes within the termite guts that can break down woody fibers so that the termites can digest them and use them for energy. This process that goes on in the bellies of hundreds of millions, perhaps trillions, of termites all around the world, day-in and day-out—a process that many homeowners fear in the depths of their hearts—is exactly what the next generation ethanol crowd needs to make fuel from woody waste such as thinned forest debris and agricultural residues. In a paper published in the journal Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the researchers are now providing an update of sorts. The researchers have reportedly found that a group of enzymes found in termite salivary glands may just do the trick. |
| Americans Slowly Warm to the Electric Car, Show Willingness to Try New Things Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:44 AM PDT
A new study published by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has found that more and more Americans are warming to the idea of driving electric vehicles, citing environmental concerns as the main reason for making the change. Over a quarter of the people surveyed described themselves as familiar with electric cars while 42% of respondents said they were likely to follow news reports about electric vehicles. Nearly a third of respondent described themselves as familiar or very familiar with hybrid vehicles. Of those who said they would consider buying an electric car, nearly 80% said their greatest advantage was the fact they run without gasoline, while 67% cited the reduction in pollution. However, when it came to reasons not to buy an electric car the survey showed that a definite gap remains between the public’s perception of the accessibility and applicability or electric vehicles and the technical reality. |
| Buckeye Bullet Shoots to Near-300 MPH Electric Car Speed Record at Bonneville Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:59 AM PDT
Ohio State’s “Buckeye Bullet” EV claimed a new FIA battery-powered land speed record yesterday at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats, going nearly nearly three-hundred-miles-per-hour on lithium-ion power. Find out more about Ohio’s incredible record run, after the jump. |
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