Green Fuels, Cars Get Boost from Cow Pie Power, the Queen and New EV Charging Hub
The drive to green mobility got a boost into the New Year with news of heightened efforts to produce fuels from a variety of waste products, word that Queen Elizabeth's Bentleys are going green and the launch of an electric vehicle charging network in Northern California. Exploration of the power of poop, both bovine and human, made news in the U.S. and Japan. The energy chief for the state of Idaho, the third-largest milk-producer in the U.S., is looking to go big with the conversion of cow pies to natural gas that can power cars or homes, in addition to using the stuff to run turbines that would create electricity and recycling processed manure as plant bedding.
In Japan, the race toward green mobility is focusing on development of mass-produced zero-emission cars. Various firms have announced plans to have specific market launches as early as 2010 with widespread availability in 2012. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. says its iMiEV electric car is due to hit the market next year — which Nissan has also tagged as its launch year for electric cars in Japan and the United States.
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