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2008Wed03Dec

Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars

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Hawaii continues to look for ways to go green Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has unveiled a plan for the island state to create an electric car network by 2012, helping rid the state of its heavy dependence on foreign oil. Read The Article

2008Tue01Jul

Historical background of Ethanol fuel in Brazil

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Since the second half of the 70′s, and as a result of the 1973 oil crisis, the Brazil government has been promoting ethanol as a fuel. By 1978 the first gasohol automobile was developed. The Brazilian government provided three important initial drivers for the ethanol industry: guaranteed purchases by the state-owned oil company Petrobras, low-interest [...]