Most customers lined up waiting for cheap gas greeted me, camera in tow, with eager smiles. Happy to be saving some cash and fueling up with ethanol I’m sure. I chatted with a few friendly faces, Les DiCarlo, Jimmy Spayer and Jim Labeau. You can listen to my interview with Les here: [audio:http://www.zimmcomm.biz/audio/DiCarlo_Les.mp3] You can listen to my interview with …
Ryan Hunter-Reay Embraces Ethanol
I think it’s safe to say that all of us a part of the ZimmComm Media crew have been eager to meet ethanol’s new driver Ryan Hunter-Reay and hear what he has to say about driving with Team Ethanol. I lucked out and got to be the first one of the ZimmComm bunch to introduce myself to the Indy Driver. …
Gas City Encourages Public Awareness of Ethanol
Gas City Executive Vice President Bill Shireman says his company has been promoting ethanol for about a year and a half. Bill says pump promotions like today’s help educate the public and encourage consumers to fuel up with ethanol fuel blends. Yesterday, the Joliet Gas City was selling unleaded gas for $3.25 and $2.75. During the Epic ethanol pump promotion …
Pump Promotion Kicks Off Chicagoland Indy 300 Festivities
Greetings from Chicago! Well, Joliet actually. I’m in Illinois with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council to bring you coverage of the 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Epic, VeraSun Energy and The Illinois Corn Growers Association kicked off race weekend with an ethanol pump promotion at Gas City near the track in Joliet. Gas City sold more …
North Carolina Drives Toward Statewide Ethanol Fuel Blend
A newly appropriated biofuel center in North Carolina will be the state’s launch pad for its latest targeted benchmark with biofuels. Catalyzing an entire new industry for North Carolina is the long-term task of the newly established Biofuels Center of North Carolina, which moved to reality Tuesday following its first board of directors meeting. Funded with a $5 million initial …
Fisker to Offer Premium, Environmentally Cars
Fisker Coachbuild -maker of fine sports cars – has teamed up with Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide – a company specializing in hybrid vehicles – to build premium hybrid American cars. A company press release says the new Fisker Automotive will offer a range of environmentally-friendly premium cars, debuting at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show in January. Fifteen thousand vehicles …
Flying Electric Generators Could One Day Fill Skies
A U.S. company might have found a way to optimize wind energy harvests. Officials with Sky WindPower Corporation believe that by elevating their wind generators to high altitudes, they can harvest the energy of the much stronger high-altitude winds. This story from CNN.com says the picture on the right is an artist’s rendering of what such a generator would look …
Bike-friendly, Pet-friendly Bus Line Getting More Earth-friendly
In an effort to get back on the road, Shared Route… a colorful, biodiesel bus that runs between Portland, Oregon and Olympia and Seattle, Washington… will run on vegetable oil. This blog post in the Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer says the bus service known for its welcoming arms to bikes and pets… as well as the human passengers… has been suspended …
Navistar Wins Blue Sky Award
Illinois-based Navistar International Corporation, the maker of diesel hybrid school buses and trucks, has won the prestigious 2007 Blue Sky Award from WestStart-CALSTART, the nation’s leading advanced transportation technologies consortium. Navistar was recognized for its contributions to commercial hybrid-diesel technology. This press release from the company says Navistar officials will be on hand for the award presentation and will provide …
Old and New Energy Giants Swap Info
Oil-giant Texas and wind-energy giant Denmark are swapping information are their respective strong suits in energy. This article in the Houston Chronicle says the Danes have become word leaders when it comes to wind energy generation, getting 25 percent of their electricity needs from the wind. Likewise, Texas has become a new leader in wind energy production, passing California as …