alternative fuels
51Corn ethanol — Corn is the main feedstock for the production of ethanol fuel in the U.S. See also: Ethanol fuel in the United States Corn ethanol is ethanol produced from corn as a biomass through industrial fermentation, chemical processing and distillation.… …
52Climate change in California — Main article: Climate change in the United States California has taken legislative steps towards reducing the possible effects climate change by incentives and plans for clean cars, renewable energy and stringent caps on big polluting industries …
53Glossary of environmental science — This is a glossary of environmental science.Environmental science is the study of interactions among physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment. Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and… …
54California Proposition 10 (2008) — TOC California Proposition 10, also known as the California Alternative Fuels Initiative, is an initiated state statute that will appear on the November 2008 ballot in California. Proposition 10 is one of two ballot initiatives focusing on… …
55Energy Policy Act of 2005 — Enacted by the 109th United States Congress Citations Public Law …
56Vehículo de combustible alternativo — El Toyota Prius es un vehículo híbrido que utiliza gasolina y un motor eléctrico. Museo Toyota en la Prefectura de Aichi, Japón. Un vehículo de combustible alternativo es un vehículo de motor fabricado con capacidad de operar con combustibles… …
57Cement — In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The name cement goes back to the Romans who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry… …
58Hybrid electric vehicle — The Toyota Prius is the world s top selling hybrid car, with cumulative global sales of 2.36 million units by August 2011.[1] A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is a type of hybrid vehicle and electric vehicle which combines a conventional internal …
59Butanol fuel — Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine. Because its longer hydrocarbon chain causes it to be fairly non polar, it is more similar to gasoline than is ethanol. Butanol has been demonstrated to work in some vehicles designed …
60Open Fuel Standard Coalition — The Open Fuel Standard Coalition is a bipartisan group in the United States actively working for passage of H.R. 1687, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011. The OFS Coalition views this legislation as the solution to the current energy crisis by… …
