The truck above is powered by a wood gas generator, except this one runs on coffee grounds. The Cafe Racer is a 1975 GMC pickup that essentially burns up used coffee to create a combustible gas. The gas is filtered on its way to the engine and, Viola, a caffeine-powered truck.
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A Truck That Runs on Coffee Grounds (and How Wood-Gas Powers Cars With Garbage) : Gas 2.0
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Submitted by claybodie on Thu, 2008-05-15 20:27. | Tags: transportation | activism | alternative fuels | automobiles | car hacks | diy | gasification | lifehacks | transportation | Wood Gas | wood gas generator
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Video: Summit Power To Announce Carbon Capture Project
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Washington, DC - Donald Hodel, Chairman of Summit Power Group, Inc., says his firm will announce a full-scale coal gasification project with carbon capture.
Submitted by EPTV on Thu, 2008-04-03 16:34. | Tags: business | carbon capture | climate change | coal | energy | environment | gasification | ghg | global warming | video
GM Announces Biofuel Partnership: Cheap, Green Ethanol?
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LIVE FROM DETROIT AUTO SHOW: GM ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH BIO-BASED ETHANOL PRODUCER COSKATA BIOFUELS TO RAPIDLY COMMERCIALIZE AND DISTRIBUTE ETHANOL FOR FLEXFUEL VEHICLES.
Submitted by claybodie on Sun, 2008-01-13 17:20. | Tags: transportation | automobiles | biofuel | cars | cellulosic ethanol | e85 | ethanol | FlexFuel | gasification | general motors | innovation | microbiology | research | synfuel | technology syngas
New Clean Coal Plant Could Power 150,000 Homes by 2015!
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Illinois will be the home to the FutureGen coal gasification plan, which aims to convert coal into hydrogen and electricity while capturing and storing the carbon dioxide 3000 ft. underground. That might mean 275 megawatts of electricity without dirty emissions.
Submitted by mattnyc9mattnyc99 on Tue, 2007-12-18 19:12. | Tags: science | alternative energy | coal | energy | gasification | Illinois
