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The Green Truck Summit March 3-4, 2015

Come See ZeroRPM @ The Green Truck Summit March 3-4, 2015 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN.  The Green Truck Summit is an alternative fuel-neutral conference featuring technical experts, government officials, industry leaders and experienced fleet managers.
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Large reduction in distillate fuel sulfur content has only minor effect on energy content

graph of daily spot prices of wholesale gasoline, ethanol, and RINS, as explained in the article text
February 24, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly , Monthly Energy Review Note: Distillate fuel volumes with sulfur content below 15 parts per million produced before 2004 are included in the 'between 15 and 500 ppm' category. Distillate fuel supply for 2014 includes estimated volumes for December 2014 from the Short-Term Energy Outlook, February 2015. Republished February 24, 2015, 9:30 a.m. to correct an error. Distillate fuel oil supply consists primarily of diesel fuel used for transportation and of heating oil burned in furnaces and boilers. Over the past 20 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated the amount of sulfur contained in diesel fuel to enable reductions in harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter from diesel engines . Since 2006, most distillate fuel has had less than 15 parts per million (ppm) of sulfur, a drastic change from the early 1990s, when high-sulfur...
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Bill Gates and Other Business Leaders Urge U.S. to Increase Energy Research


At stake are not just long-term goals like reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, Mr. Gates said, but also continued United States leadership in industries of the future. Original link Original author: JUSTIN
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The Work Truck Show March 4-6, 2015

Come See ZeroRPM @ The Work Truck Show March 4-6, 2015 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN.  Fuel-Neutral and Balanced Perspectives, Results and Insights on Fleet Deployment of Green Technology, New Developments in Alternative Fuel, and more.
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EUFMC May 31 - June 3

Come see us at EUFMC May 31 - June 3, Williamsburg Lodge and Conference Center, Williamsburg, West Virginia. The Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (EUFMC) is an educational conference for fleet representatives from investor-owned electric utilities, electric cooperatives and electrical contractors.
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NAFA April 14-17, 2015

Come see us at  NAFA April 14-17, 2015 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL Programs that address the critical issues facing Fleet Managers today and in the future including cost-savings, safety, technology and professional development.
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Higher RIN prices support continued ethanol blending despite lower gasoline prices

graph of daily spot prices of wholesale gasoline, ethanol, and RINS, as explained in the article text
February 23, 2015 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Oil Price Information Service, Thomson-Reuters Note: RBOB is reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending. With the exception of two short periods in late 2013 and the first quarter of 2014, when winter-related logistical bottlenecks drove up ethanol prices , spot ethanol prices have consistently been lower than gasoline prices from December 2011 through October 2014. However, with the sharp decline in crude oil and gasoline prices in the latter months of 2014, gasoline spot prices fell below ethanol spot prices in early November. For most of December through mid-January, ethanol was priced about 30 cents per gallon more than wholesale gasoline; since that time, the gap between the spot prices of ethanol and gasoline has narrowed. In considering how the relationship between ethanol and gasoline prices affects the incentive to blend ethanol into gasoline, it is important to take account...
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Cutting Through Indias Smog


Indians appear to be waking up to the dangers of dirty energy, but their current path remains self-destructive. Original link Original author: THE
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Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher


Newly released documents show the extent of the links between corporate interests and the published work of Wei-Hock Soon, a Smithsonian-affiliated scientist who has tried to debunk the consensus about global warming. Original link Original author: JUSTIN
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Energy Department Launches Virtual Hackathon to Build the Next Big Solar Software Solutions

Last week, the Energy Department's SunShot Initiative launched the largest-of-its-kind, 60-day online hackathon to quickly build prototype solutions and products that address barriers to greater solar energy deployment and drive down the costs of solar energy. Approximately 700,000 coders, developers, and data scientists are expected to participate in this series of contests to build promising software prototypes to help more American families and businesses go solar. The SunShot Catalyst Prize program was launched in 2014 to create connections and opportunities for collaboration among solar experts, business innovators, software developers, and entrepreneurs and introduce them to a vast array of software tools, capabilities, data sets, and application program interfaces (APIs) developed by the Energy Department and its national laboratories. Collectively, these innovators are now working via an online crowdsourcing platform to address near-term challenges to greater solar deployment and reduce soft costs that can quickly be tackled with data, apps, and automation....
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