It could be one of the biggest challenges to being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment through innovative strategies for a Sustainable Future is to figure out how efficiently move an objects from one place to another. Electric cars and biofuel-powered planes could be short term example, now Tohoku University in Japan has [...]
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 01/18/10
Gasoline (Dollars per Gallon)
Diesel Fuel (Dollars per Gallon)
01/18/10
Change from
01/18/10
Change from
Price
Week Ago
Year Ago
Price
Week Ago
Year Ago
U.S.
2.739
-0.012
0.892
U.S.
2.870
-0.009
0.574
East Coast
2.751
0.006
0.941
East Coast
2.923
0.001
0.546
New England
2.775
0.006
0.974
New England
3.065
-0.003
0.452
Central Atlantic
2.774
-0.001
0.960
Central Atlantic
3.023
-0.003
0.509
Lower Atlantic
2.726
0.010
0.916
Lower Atlantic
2.867
0.003
0.570
Midwest
2.681
-0.045
0.807
Midwest
2.834
-0.010
0.570
Gulf Coast
2.617
0.001
0.888
Gulf Coast
2.831
-0.015
0.604
Rocky Mountain
2.617
0.039
1.010
Rocky Mountain
2.827
0.013
0.578
West Coast
2.953
-0.013
0.924
West Coast
2.947
-0.024
0.609
California
3.026
-0.020
0.962
California
3.008
-0.024
0.689
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Research shows, Only about Fifteen percent of the energy from the fuel you put in your Car tank gets used to move your car down the road or run useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The rest of the energy is lost to engine and drive-line inefficiently and idling position. Hence the potential to improve [...]
Fuel efficiency in cars is now a major concern for both car manufacturers and for motorists. With fairly recent hikes in the cost of fuel sports car and muscle car enthusiasts are not alone in the race at meeting continuing rises in costs to keep their cars on the road. However, with this continuing rise [...]