The Chicken and Egg conundrum of zero-emission vehicles

Car manufacturers have created a new generation of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cells vehicles. But there are concerns over how successfully the new technology can be rolled out. It’s a classic chicken and egg conundrum: Consumers hesitate to buy the new cars without assurance that there will be adequate infrastructure for fueling up. Companies hesitate to invest in […]

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Clean Fuel Program Saves Big

There are dozens of reports that show how Clean Fuels Programs boost jobs, economic development, and savings at the pump. (See here and here, for a few examples.) But Clean Fuels boost our economy in other real, tangible ways in addition to these traditional economic indicators. Via National Resources Defense Council: But even outside reduced […]

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Ready for Clean Fuels?

Did you catch the op-ed in support of Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program this week? Via Sustainable Business: Founded by entrepreneurs looking to reduce waste from their own well-loved fruit company, Summit takes what is essentially trash from local farmers and food producers — contaminated flour, fruit trimmings — and figures out the best way to […]

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