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Qatar Airways will fuel its fleet with natural gas

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Aubrey Yee

Photo by Bangalore Aviation

Qatar Airways is planning to use domestically abundant natural gas to power it’s whole airline fleet as soon as late 2013.

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Natural Gas Cars and Vehicle Fleets

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Nicole Rogers

[New Flyer C40LFR, by flickr user JLaw45](New Flyer C40LFR)

Most people don’t think of natural gas fueling cars, but it does! There are natural gas powered cars on U.S. roads right now. The Honda Civic Natural Gas runs entirely on natural gas, using no gasoline. The Honda CNG has a suggested retail price of $26,305, with possible tax incentives available.

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The Real Game-Changing Event In Energy

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Nicole Rogers

Photo: Smokey Drive from Lubbock to Austin / by flickr user dingatx / CC BY-NC 2.0

At Sustainable America we find this article from 13D Research interesting and on point. We believe it helps highlight the vulnerabilities of our economy to global oil supply, and the need for reducing our reliance on oil for transportation uses.

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Currently 50 million households suffer from food insecurity, meaning that family members cannot always meet their basic food needs.

10 million people a year could be fed through the recovery of just one-fifth of food waste.

Only 2% of food waste is composted or otherwise recycled—62% of paper is recycled.

Consumers throw out about 40% of the fresh and frozen fish they buy.

The U.S. produced 208 pounds of meat per person in 2009—60% more than Europe.

Low income commuters spend a much higher proportion of their wages on gas—8.6% versus 2.1% at $4 per gallon.

Food prices rose 35-40 percentage points between 2002–2008.

Americans consume 25% of the world’s produced oil, but our nation holds less than 3% of the world’s proven oil reserves.

The International Energy Agency says greenhouse gas emissions rose 3.2% last year, with a 9.3% increase in China offsetting declines in the US and EU.


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