Wednesday, December 13, 2006

U.S. Could Plug In Most Cars

The U.S. Department of Energy release a study on Monday finding there is enough “off-peak” electrical capacity to power 84 percent of the country’s 220 million vehicles if they were so-called “plug-in” hybrids.

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Indonesia’s Pertamina launches high octane biofuel

Pertamina of Indonesia announced that they are going to start selling high octane E5 gasoline (with 5% ethanol) on monday. The price will be 4,750 rupiah (50 US cents) per liter. This new fuel blend will be marketed under the name Biopertamax E-5.

Earlier this year Indonesia had started mixing ethanol and biodiesel into their fuel supplies.